It is because the spirit is inestimable that the lifeless body is so little valued.

The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may not be going to prove one's self a fool; the truest heroism is, to resist the doubt; and the…

In youth men are apt to write more wisely than they really know or feel; and the remainder of life may be not idly spent in realizing and convincing themselves…

When the Artist rises high enough to achieve the Beautiful, the symbol by which he makes it perceptible to mortal senses becomes of little value in his eyes, w…

Death is always and under all circumstances a tragedy, for if it is not, then it means that life itself has become one.

One hour of right-down love is worth an age of dully living on.

One's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, indignation and compassion.