If a woman is to know herself, then periods of solitude should be courted, planned, and embraced.
Toil, feel, think, hope; you will be sure to dream enough before you die, without arranging for it.
Instinct is intelligence incapable of self-consciousness.
Colors answer feeling in man; shapes answer thought; and motion answers will.
Emotion turning back on itself, and not leading on to thought or action, is the element of madness.
One dupe is as impossible as one twin.
A man without earnestness is a mournful and perplexing spectacle. But it is a consolation to believe, as we must of such a one, that he is the most effectual and compulsive of all schools.
Let us, then, try what love will do, for if people once see we love them, we should soon find that they would not harm us. . . . force may subdue, but love gains; and they who forgive first, win the laurel.
Preaching that is boring is preaching that talks first about us and then only tangentially about God. Preaching that is faithful is preaching that talks first about God and then only secondarily and derivatively talks about us. The God of Scripture is so much more interestingly than we are.
Maiden, that read'st this simple rhyme, Enjoy thy youth, it will not stay; Enjoy the fragrance of thy prime, For oh, it is not always May!
Writing is like prostitution. First you do it for love, and then for a few close friends, and then for money.