The artists must be sacrificed to their art. Like the bees, they must put their lives into the sting they give.

Heroism feels and never reasons, and therefore is always right.

Every hero becomes a bore at last.

I have heard with admiring submission the experience of the lady who declared that the sense of being perfectly well dressed gives a feeling of inward tranquility which religion is powerless to bestow.

When I was praised I lost my time, for instantly I turned around to look at the work I had thought slightly of, and that day I made nothing new.

Some natures are too good to be spoiled by praise.

Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.

That which we call sin in others, is experiment for us.

The wise man in the storm prays to God, not for safety from danger, but for deliverance from fear.

The most dangerous thing is illusion.