Perpetual devotion to what a man calls his business is only to be sustained by perpetual neglect of many other things.
There is a fellowship more quiet even than solitude, and which, rightly understood, is solitude made perfect.
There is no progress whatever. Everything is just the same as it was thousands, and tens of thousands, of years ago. The outward form changes. The essence does not change.
I am in the habit of looking not so much to the nature of a gift as to the spirit in which it is offered.
The habit of being happy enables one to be freed, or largely freed, from the domination of outward conditions.
The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean; not to affect your reader, but to affect him precisely as you wish.
I never weary of great churches. It is my favorite kind of mountain scenery. Mankind was never so happily inspired as when it made a cathedral.
Most of our pocket wisdom is conceived for the use of mediocre people, to discourage them from ambitious attempts, and generally console them in their mediocrity.
Sekarang kita tahu 'bahwa hidup hanyalah panggung untuk mempermainkan orang lain selama bagian itu menghibur kita.
Talk is by far the most accessible of pleasures. It costs nothing in money, it is all profit, it completes our education, founds and fosters our friendships, and can be enjoyed at any age and in almost any state of health.
Siapapun bisa memikul bebannya, betapapun beratnya, sampai malam tiba. Siapapun bisa melakukan pekerjaannya, betapapun kerasnya, untuk satu hari. Siapapun bisa hidup manis, sabar, penuh kasih, murni, sampai matahari terbenam. Dan inilah arti hidup yang sebenarnya.
Nothing more strongly arouses our disgust than cannibalism, yet we make the same impression on Buddhists and vegetarians, for we feed on babies, though not our own.
Untuk mengetahui apa yang Anda lebih suka daripada mengatakan Amin dengan rendah hati tentang apa yang dikatakan dunia harus Anda pilih adalah menjaga jiwa Anda tetap hidup.