So long as we think of it objectively, time is Fate or Chance, the factor in our lives for which we are not responsible, and about which we can do nothing; but when we begin to think of it subjectively, we feel responsible for our time, and the notion of punctuality arises.

Without communication with the dead, a fully human life is not possible.

You know there are no secrets in America. It's quite different in England, where people think of a secret as a shared relation between two people.

All wishes, whatever their apparent content, have the same and unvarying meaning: "I refuse to be what I am."

The trees encountered on a country stroll Reveal a lot about that country's soul ... A culture is no better than its woods.

All that we are not stares back at what we are.

Of all possible subjects, travel is the most difficult for an artist, as it is the easiest for a journalist.