“Awakening is possible only for those who seek it and want it, for those who are ready to struggle with themselves and work on themselves for a very long time and very persistently in order to attain it.”
“The number of those who undergo the fatigue of judging for themselves is very small indeed.”
“I condemn equally those who choose to praise man, those who choose to condemn him and those who choose to divert themselves, and I can only approve of those who seek with groans.”
“[She] is one of those young ladies who seek to recommend themselves to the other sex by undervaluing their own, and with many men, I dare say, it succeeds. But, in my opinion, it is a paltry device, a very mean art.”
“Artists who seek perfection in everything are those who cannot attain it in anything. ”
“In America, the young are always ready to give to those who are older than themselves the full benefit of their inexperience.”