Truth stood on one side and Ease on the other; it has often been so.

Cities have always been the fireplaces of civilization, whence light and heat radiated out into the dark.

Never violate the sacredness of your individual self-respect.

Outward judgment often fails, inward judgment never.

Democracy means not "I am as good as you are" but "You are as good as I am.".

The books that help you the most are those which make you think the most.

Magnificent promises are always to be suspected.

A happy wedlock is a long falling in love.

I do not pretend to understand the moral universe; the arc is a long one. . . . But from what I see I am sure it bends toward justice.

Never violate the sacredness of your individual self-respect. Be true to your own mind and conscience, your heart and your soul. So only can you be true to God.

Nature is man's religious book, with lessons for every day.

Outrage is the special kind of anger you feel when you believe that people are getting things they don't deserve. Outrage of this kind is anger at injustice.

I expect that Woman will be the last thing civilized by Man.

Life ought to be a struggle of desire toward adventures whose nobility will fertilize the soul.

I've learned that I shouldn't shrink from success. Though honestly I thought they'd be knocking on my door years ago.

Reader, if you are gifted with nerves like mine, aspire to any character but that of a wit.

The people are urged to be patriotic ... by sacrificing their own children. Patriotism requires allegience to the flag, which means obedience and readiness to kill father, mother, brother, sister.

My upbringing was absolutely not the archetypal writer's upbringing. Even, arguably, the opposite.

I wonder if leaves feel lonely when they see their neighbors falling?

The giving and receiving of pleasure is a need and an ecstasy.

Writing is a craft not an art.