“metaphysics is the only thoroughly emotional thing.”

“People wonder why the novel is the most popular form of literature; people wonder why it is read more than books of science or books of metaphysics. The reason is very simple; it is merely that the novel is more true than they are.”

“There is no such thing on earth as an uninteresting subject; the only thing that can exist is an uninterested person.”

“There are no uninteresting things, only uninterested people.”

“A dead thing can go with the stream, but only a living thing can go against it.”

“Humility is the mother of giants. One sees great things from the valley; only small things from the peak.”

“There is only one thing that that it requires real courage to say, and that is a truism.”