Do not trouble yourselves about standards or ideals; but try to be faithful and natural: remember that there is no greatness, no beauty, which does not come from truth to your own knowledge of things; and keep on working, even if your work is not long remembered.

What the American public wants in the theater is a tragedy with a happy ending.

The disposition to give a cup of cold water to a disciple is a far nobler property than the finest intellect. Satan has a fine intellect, but not the image of God.

The conqueror is regarded with awe; the wise man commands our respect; but it is only the benevolent man that wins our affection.

If we like a man's dream, we call him a reformer; if we don't like his dream, we call him a crank.

It is the still, small voice that the soul heeds, not the deafening blasts of doom.

Wisdom and goodness are twin-born, one heart must hold both sisters, never seen apart.