By God! I will not tell you more to-day, Judge any way you will - what matters it?

Not on one strand are all life's jewels strung.

I pondered all these things, and how men fight and lose the battle, and the thing that they fought for comes about in spite of their defeat, and when it comes turns out not to be what they meant, and other men have to fight for what they meant under another name.

One man with an idea in his head is in danger of being considered a madman: two men with the same idea in common may be foolish, but can hardly be mad; ten men sharing an idea begin to act, a hundred draw attention as fanatics, a thousand and society begins to tremble, a hundred thousand and there is war abroad, and the cause has victories tangible and real; and why only a hundred thousand? Why not a hundred million and peace upon the earth? You and I who agree together, it is we who have to answer that question.

What is an artist but a workman who is determined that, whatever else happens, his work shall be excellent?

If i were asked to say what is at once the most important production of Art and the thing most to be longed for, I should answer, A beautiful House.

It is for him that is lonely or in prison to dream of fellowship, but for him that is of a fellowship to do and not to dream.