Overview

Obviously the facts are never just coming at you but are incorporated by an imagination that is formed by your previous experience. Memories of the past are not memories of facts but memories of your imaginings of the facts.

There is one plain rule of life. Try thyself unweariedly till thou findest the highest thing thou art capable of doing, faculties and outward circumstances being both duly considered, and then do it.

The courage of life is often a less dramatic spectacle than the courage of the final moment; but it is no less a magnificent mixture of triumph and tragedy.

Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings.

The moment the little boy is concerned with which is a jay and which is a sparrow, he can no longer see the birds or hear them sing.

Real riches are the riches possessed inside.

Let life happen to you. Believe me: life is in the right, always.

Luck can be assisted. It is not all chance with the wise.

Tyranny and anarchy are never far apart.

People in general are equally horrified at hearing the Christian religion doubted, and at seeing it practiced.