A good talker, even more than a good orator, implies a good audience.

Every man who says frankly and fully what he thinks is doing a public service.

The division between faith and reason is a half-measure, till it is frankly admitted that faith has to do with fiction, and reason with fact.

He who sees only what is before his eyes sees the worst part of every view.

The only way in which one human being can properly attempt to influence another is by encouraging him to think for himself, instead of endeavoring to instill ready-made opinions into his head.

The poet should touch our heart by showing his own

Walking is the natural recreation for a man who desires not absolutely to suppress his intellect but to turn it out to play for a season.

Chance is a name for our ignorance.

I believe that the ascent of mountains forms an essential chapter in the complete duty of man, and that it is wrong to leave any district without setting foot on its highest peak.

The truth cannot be asserted without denouncing the falsehood.

If you wish at once to do nothing and be respectable nowadays, the best pretext is to be at work on some profound study.

The stretch of Bruce Highway between Gin Gin and Miriam Vale was long and lonesome.

Guilt: the gift that keeps on giving.

Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.

Happiness is a continuation of happenings which are not resisted.

Imagine a world, in which your entire possession is one raspberry, and you give it to your friend.

If you combine good flavors, food turns into an orchestra.

If you see me on Friday, you'll see different material on Saturday night.

You cannot break the human spirit.

When we see all women as the divine mother and all men as the divine father, everyone you meet is sacred.

This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England.