The Press nowadays is not a literary press; classic diction and brilliancy of style do not distinguish it by any means.

Such lovely warmth of thought and delicacy of colour are beyond all praise, and equally beyond all thanks!

Let me be mad, then, by all means! mad with the madness of Absinthe, the wildest, most luxurious madness in the world! Vive la folie! Vive l'amour! Vive l'animalisme! Vive le Diable!

You should always be well and bright, for so you do your best work; and you have so much beautiful work to do. The world needs it, and you must give it!

Nothing gives small minds a better handle for hatred than superiority.

Flowers are like visible messages from God.

No one is contented in this world, I believe. There is always something left to desire, and the last thing longed for always seems the most necessary to happiness.

Wealth acts merely as a kind of mirror to show you human nature at its worst.

There is no wealth but love.

The Church is a system, - but whether it is as much founded on the teaching of our Lord, who was divine, as on the teaching of St. Paul, who was not divine, is a question to me of much perplexity.

Great Poets discover themselves. Little Poets have to be 'discovered' by somebody else.

You are often prevented from reaching your full potential because you hold so tightly to your past success.

Friends are like a pleasant park where you wish to go while you may enjoy the flowers you may not eat them.

I used to be very routine-based and the new thing in my life is not having a clear, full-time existence.

If what I may believe - about gall-stones, the Constitution, castor oil, or God - is conditioned by law, then I am not a free man.

...when men ignite in their hearts a religious fury, they inflict at the same time a blindness on their eyes.

Mere curiosity adds wings to every step.

I never think about poetry except when I'm writing it. I mean my poetry.

There is no greater gift you can give or receive than to honor your calling. It's why you were born. And how you become most truly alive.

Advantage comes not from the spectacular or the technical. Advantage comes from a persistent seeking of the mundane edge.

The person that I like is someone that I am uneasy about.