If the historian will submit himself to his material instead of trying to impose himself on his material, then the material will ultimately speak to him and supply the answers.

In writing I am seduced by the sound of words and by the interaction of their sound and sense.

In this he saw that Ogion had been right: the shadow could not draw on his power, so long as he was turned against it.

You have to watch them all the time, ’ she assured me darkly. ‘Even if the spirit’s willing, the flesh is weak!

It takes two to make a very great career: the man who is great, and the man--almost rarer--who is great enough to see greatness and say so.

Do not tend to hire only people who see what you see. Such a tendency may lead to a decline in operating profit, and even bankruptcy.

The playful search for beauty.

Before modern times there was Walking, but not the perfection of Walking, because there was no tea.

By seeing differently, we do differently

I believe, however, that impending events will call us and we must respond but where, with whom, and how?

I never will give up.

Never did eye see the sun unless it had first become sun-like, and never can the soul have vision of the First Beauty unless itself be beautiful.