“Be resolutely and faithfully what you are; be humbly what you aspire to be.”

Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them at all.

I should not talk so much about myself if there were anybody else whom I knew as well.

The heart is forever inexperienced.

Any fool can make a rule And any fool will mind it.

I have no doubt that it is part of the destiny of the human race in it’s gradual improvement, to leave off eating animals.

I was not born to be forced. I will breathe after my own fashion. Let us see who is the strongest.

Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.

There is no remedy for love but to love more.

Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence.

Write while the heat is in you.

The keeping of bees is like the direction of sunbeams.

Say what you have to say, not what you ought. Any truth is better than make-believe.

We are constantly invited to be what we are.

It is not enough to be industrious; so are the ants. What are you industrious about?

Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other’s eyes for an instant?

An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.