An idea will infect another with its own emotional interest when they have become both associated together into any sort of a mental total.

O my Bergson, you are a magician, and your book is a marvel, a real wonder in the history of philosophy . . . In finishing it I found . . . such a flavor of persistent euphony, as of a rich river that never foamed or ran thin, but steadily and firmly proceeded with its banks full to the brim.

The word 'cause' is an altar to an unknown god.

As a rule reading fiction is as hard to me as trying to hit a target by hurling feathers at it. I need resistance to celebrate!

A man may not achieve everything he has dreamed, but he will never achieve anything great without having dreamed it first.

Do something everyday for no other reason than you would rather not do it, so that when the hour of dire need draws nigh, it may find you not unnerved and untrained to stand the test.

The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes.