What is the difference in being alone with another and being alone by one’s self?
The spectacles of experience; through them you will see clearly a second time.
The greatest victory is defeat.
A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm.
Really to sin you have to be serious about it.
The sea possesses a power over one’s moods that has the effect of a will. The sea can hypnotize. Nature in general can do so.
Before I write down one word, I have to have the character in my mind through and through. I must penetrate into the last wrinkle of his soul.
Look into any man’s heart you please, and you will always find, in every one, at least one black spot which he has to keep concealed.
I must make up my mind which is right – society or I.
That is the accursed thing about small surroundings – they make the soul small.
NORA: I must stand on my own two feet if I’m to get to know myself and the world outside. That’s why I can’t stay here with you any longer.
There are two kinds of spiritual law, two kinds of conscience, one in man and another, altogether different, in woman. They do not understand each other; but in practical life the woman is judged by man’s law, as though she were not a woman but a man.
If only I could master that demon of procrastination that goes about like a roaring lion and devours all my good intentions, I should become the most punctual man in the world.
The majority is always wrong; the minority is rarely right.
These heroes of finance are like beads on a string; when one slips off, all the rest follow.
You see, there are some people that one loves, and others that perhaps one would rather be with.
A forest bird never wants a cage.
The strongest man in the world is he who stands most alone.
The great secret of power is never to will to do more than you can accomplish.
If you doubt yourself, then indeed you stand on shaky ground.