Personal Experience Is The Basis Of All

The Intensity Of Vision In The Artist And Of Vividness In His Creations Are The Sole Tests Of His Imaginative Power.

The Spontaneous Tendency To Invoke A Final Cause In Explanation Of Every Difficulty Is Characteristic Of Metaphysical Philosophy. It Arises From A General Tendency Towards The Impersonation Of Abstractions Which Is Visible Throughout History.

In Urging All Writers To Be Steadfast In Reliance On The Ultimate Victory Of Excellence, We Should No Less Strenuously Urge Upon Them To Beware Of The Intemperate Arrogance Which Attributes Failure To A Degraded Condition Of The Public Mind. The Instinct Which Leads The World To Worship Success Is Not Dangerous. The Book Which Succeeds Accomplishes Its Aim. The Book Which Fails May Have Many Excellencies, But They Must Have Been Misdirected.

To One Man A Stream Is So Much Water-power, To Another A Rendezvous For Lovers.

No Man Was Ever Eloquent By Trying To Be Eloquent, But Only By Being So.