118 quotes
Truth's like a dollar-piece, it's got two sides, and both are wanted to make it good currency.
The Path of the King (1921)
By a principle I mean something that is an eternal and universal truth.
Canadian Occasions (1940)
Peace is that state in which fear of any kind is unknown.
Memory Hold-The-Door (1940)
The secret of life is to find out what one really wants.
A Lodge in the Wilderness (1906)
There is a madness that is better than wisdom.
The Blanket of the Dark (1931)
You think that a wall as solid as the earth separates civilization from barbarism. I tell you the division is a thread, a sheet of glass. A touch here, a push there, and you bring back the reign of Saturn.
The Power-House (1916)
Young girls passed me with romance still in their eyes, and others, a little older, with the romance dead.
A Lodge in the Wilderness (1906)
If anyone makes trouble I've advised him to dot him one on the jaw in the best British style.
The House of the Four Winds (1935)
The robe of flesh wears thin, and with the years God shines through all things.
Honest intention will not cure faulty practice.
Witch Wood (1927)
Suppose that the links in the cordon of civilisation were neutralised by other links in a far more potent chain. The earth is seething with incoherent power and unorganised intelligence.
The Power-House (1916)
To live for a time close to great minds is the best kind of education.
Memory Hold-The-Door (1940)
We think our castles of sand are the ramparts of the universe.
The Power-House (1916)
Civilisation needs more than the law to hold it together. You see, all mankind are not equally willing to accept as divine justice what is called human law.
The Power-House (1916)
Public life is regarded as the crown of a career, and to young men it is the worthiest ambition. Politics is still the greatest and the most honorable adventure.
Memory Hold-The-Door (1940)
Statesmanship […] must consider first the fortunes of the common people. No statesman has a right to risk these fortunes unless he be reasonably assured of success.
Midwinter (1923)
There may be Peace without Joy, and Joy without Peace, but the two combined make Happiness.
Memory Hold-The-Door (1940)
It's the Idea that wins every time — the Idea with brains and guts behind it.
The House of the Four Winds (1935)
The Simple Life is the last refuge of complicated and restless souls.
A Lodge in the Wilderness (1906)
Space is not an empty homogeneous medium, but full of intricate differences, intelligible and real, though not with our common reality.