It seems to me that true love is a discipline.

For Death who takes what man would keep, Leaves what man would lose.

You know what the Englishman's idea of compromise is? He says, Some people say there is a God. Some people say there is no God. The truth probably lies somewhere between these two statements.

Be secret and exult, Because of all things known That is most difficult.

Too long a sacrifice can make a stone of the heart. O when may it suffice?

A sea captain when he stands upon the bridge, or looks out from his deck-house, thinks much about God and about the world. Away in the valley yonder among the corn and the poppies men may well forget all things except the warmth of the sun upon the face, and the kind shadow under the hedge; but he who journeys through storm and darkness must needs think and think.

The uncontrollable mystery on the bestial floor.