Think neither fear nor courage saves us. Unnatural vices are fathered by our heroism. Virtues are forced upon us by our impudent crimes. These tears are shaken from the wrath-bearing tree.

When we read of human beings behaving in certain ways, with the approval of the author, who gives his benediction to this behavior by his attitude towards the result of the behavior arranged by himself, we can be influenced towards behaving in the same way.

The progress of an artist is a continual self-sacrifice, a continual extinction of personality.

No one can become really educated without having pursued some study in which he took no interest- for it is a part of education to learn to interest ourselves in subjects for which we have no aptitude.

There is no feeling, except the extremes of fear and grief, that does not find relief in music.

With out some kind of god, man is not very intresting

Any religion is forever in danger of petrifaction into mere ritual and habit, though ritual and habit be essential to religion.