Words ought to be a little wild, for they are the assault of thoughts on the unthinking.

For man, as for flower and beast and bird, the supreme triumph is to be most vividly, most perfectly alive.

Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.

We are all inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others by their acts.

Never seem more learned than the people you are with. Wear your learning like a pocket watch and keep it hidden. Do not pull it out to count the hours, but give the time when you are asked.

I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; Yet strange, I am ungrateful to those teachers.

Movements born in hatred very quickly take on the characteristics of the thing they oppose.

People seldom see the halting and painful steps by which the most insignificant success is achieved.

An idea is salvation by imagination.

If you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother, and hope your guardian genius.