“Sometimes natural and self-inflicted atonement is more severe than that of mankind’s devising.”
“While human ingenuity may devise various inventions to the same ends, it will never devise anything more beautiful, nor more simple, nor more to the purpose than nature does, because in her inventions nothing is lacking and nothing is superfluous.”
“There is more in the atonement by way of merit, than there is in all human sin by way of demerit.”
“Those who claim to write about something larger and more significant than the self sometimes fail to comprehend the dimensions of self.”
“Mediocrity is self-inflicted; genius is self-bestowed.”
“Mediocrity is self-inflicted and genius is self-bestowed.”