Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.

The past is not dead, it is living in us, and will be alive in the future which we are now helping to make.

Slayer of the winter, art thou here again? O welcome, thou that bring'st the summer nigh! The bitter wind makes not the victory vain. Nor will we mock thee for thy faint blue sky.

Mastership hath many shifts whereby it striveth to keep itself alive in the world. And now hear a marvel: whereas thou sayest these two times that out of one man ye may get but one man's work, in days to come one man shall do the work of a hundred men - yea, of a thousand or more: and this is the shift of mastership that shall make many masters and many rich men.

The wind is not helpless for any man's need, Nor falleth the rain but for thistle and weed.

Forgetfulness of grief I yet may gain;In some wise may come ending to my pain;It may be yet the Gods will have me glad!Yet, Love, I would that thee and pain I had!

That talk of inspiration is sheer nonsense; there is no such thing. It is a mere matter of craftsmanship.