“Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion.”

“Regardless of the popular literary trend of the times, write the thing which lies close to your heart.”

“When modern sociologists talk of the necessity of accommodating one's self to the trend of the time, they forget that the trend of the time at its best consists entirely of people who will not accommodate themselves to anything. At its worst it consists of many millions of frightened creatures all accommodating themselves to a trend that is not there. And that is becoming more and more the situation...Every man speaks of public opinion, and means by public opinion, public opinion minus his opinion.”

“Nothing great is accomplished by those who are intent on maintaining the status quo.”

“It is useless to talk with those who do not understand one and troublesome to talk with those who criticize from a feeling of superiority. Especially one-sided persons are troublesome. Few are accomplished in many arts and most cling narrowly to their own opinion.”

“It is often woman who inspires us with the great things that she prevents us from accomplishing”