The Mother Of Excess Is Not Joy

Well-meaning, Helpful, Good-natured Attitudes Of Mind Have Not Come To Be Honored On Account Of Their Usefulness, But Because They Are States Of Richer Souls That Are Capable Of Bestowing And Have Their Value In The Feeling Of The Plenitude Of Life.

The Question Of Place And Climate Is Most Closely Related To The Question Of Nutrition. Nobody Is Free To Live Everywhere; And Whoever Has To Solve Great Problems That Challenge All His Strength Actually Has A Very Restricted Choice In This Matter. The Influence Of Climate On Our Metabolism, Its Retardation, Its Acceleration, Goes So Far That A Mistaken Choice Of Place And Climate Can Not Only Estrange A Man From His Task But Can Actually Keep It From Him: He Never Gets To See It.

Even The Pluckiest Among Us Has But Seldom The Courage Of What He Really Knows.

A Nation Usually Renews Its Youth On A Political Sick-bed, And There Finds Again The Spirit Which It Had Gradually Lost In Seeking And Maintaining Power.

The Voice Of Beauty Speaks Softly; It Creeps Only Into The Most Fully Awakened Souls