He would agree that life is a little worth living - or worth living a little; but would remark that, unfortunately, to live little enough, we have to live a great deal.

Whatever question there may be of his [Thoreau's] talent, there can be none, I think, of his genius. It was a slim and crooked one; but it was eminently person…

It is, I think, an indisputable fact that Americans are, as Americans, the most self-conscious people in the world, and the most addicted to the belief that th…

One might enumerate the items of high civilization, as it exists in other countries, which are absent from the texture of American life, until it should become…

'Time lost is time when we have not lived a full human life, time unenriched by experience, creative endeavor, enjoyment, and suffering.'

Exhaust the little moment. Soon it dies. And be it gash or gold it will not come Again in this identical guise.

If you live long enough, lots of nice things happen.