“Don’t use that foreign word: ideals. We have the excellent native word: lies.”

The sea possesses a power over one’s moods that has the effect of a will. The sea can hypnotize. Nature in general can do so.

If I cannot be myself in what I write, then the whole is nothing but lies and humbug.

It is the very mark of the spirit of rebellion to crave for happiness in this life

You see, there are some people that one loves, and others that perhaps one would rather be with.

The strongest men are the most alone.

Now I am steel-set: I follow the call to the clear radiance and glow of the heights.

But a scientific man must live in a little bit of style.

The great secret of power is never to will to do more than you can accomplish.

A woman cannot be herself in the society of the present day, which is an exclusively masculine society, with laws framed by men and with a judicial system that judges feminine conduct from a masculine point of view.

The spirit of truth and the spirit of freedom-they are the pillars of society.

Money may be the husk of many things but not the kernel. It brings you food, but not appetite; medicine, but not health; acquaintance, but not friends; servants, but not loyalty; days of joy, but not peace or happiness.

Whether I pound or am being pounded, all the same there will be moaning!

Oh, one soon makes friends with invalids; and I need so much to have someone to live for.

Oh yes, right-right. What is the use of having right on your side if you have not got might?

To live is – to war with trolls In the holds of the heart and mind

Public opinion is an extremely mutable thing.

Remain in Me. It is the Word of God who gives this order, expresses this wish.

Word of mouth works now, much more than ever. @-reply every single person.

I wish for my words to make someone feel, I wish for my words to make someone heal.

I can show you in music better than I can tell you in words.

All of the words in her head keep her from being lonely but they aren’t always kind.

The body says what words cannot.

One feels ‘the dearth of human words, the roughness of mortal speech’ in trying to describe things intangible.

I can’t find words to express my happiness. Here there is no longer anything but God. He is All; He suffices and we live by Him alone.