What Is Life, But One Long Risk?

Never Since The Dawn Of Human History, As Far As I Can Find Out, Did People Long Settled In Any Region Give A Friendly Welcome To Newcomers. One Of The Disagreeable Traits Of Our Human Nature Seems To Be To Dislike On Sight People Who Come Later Than The First Settlers.

What Better Can Any Of Us Do Than To Reach For Our Own Stars ... And Know Which They Are?

One Reason We Haven't Any National Art Is Because We Have Too Much Magnificence. All Our Capacity For Admiration Is Used Up On The Splendor Of Palace-like Railway Stations And Hotels. Our National Tympanum Is So Deafened By That Blare Of Sumptuousness That We Have No Ears For The Still, Small Voice Of Beauty.

Almost Anything Is Enough To Keep Alive Someone Who Wishes Nothing For Himself But Time To Write Music.

Freedom Is Not Worth Fighting For If It Means No More Than License For Everyone To Get As Much As He Can For Himself.