7 quotes
Personality is the knowledge that we are apart from the rest of the universe.
What we live by (1932)
The happiness of most people we know is not ruined by great catastrophes or fatal errors, but by the repetition of slowly destructive little things.
What we live by (1932)
Architecture, of all the arts, is the one which acts the most slowly, but the most surely, on the soul.
What we live by (1932)
You are not to disbelieve human science or think human reason invalid except when they venture outside their province.
What we live by (1932)
All men saved from the scattering influences of society by a powerful incentive, a cause, or an ideal of individual perfection, seldom fear the danger of being distracted by comers and goers.
What we live by (1932)
Where the writer produces that combination of perfect technique, human interest, and thruth, and can add to it that supreme touch, the perfection of art has been attained.
What we live by (1932)
We all more or less consciously note this. We cannot help observing that all serious conversations gravitate towards philosophy.
What we live by (1932)