Nobody is bored when he is trying to make something that is beautiful or to discover something that is true.

Nobody is bored when he is trying to make something that is beautiful, or to discover something that is true.

It is astonishing with how little wisdom mankind can be governed, when that little wisdom is its own.

Literature flourishes best when it is half a trade and half an art.

Many people believe that they are attracted by God or by nature, when they are only repelled by man.

Consciousness is a phase of mental life which arises in connection with the formation of new habits. When habit is formed, consciousness only interferes to spoil our performance.