“I tell you, money can't build your spire for you. Build it of gold and it would simply sink deeper.”

“It's simpler to believe in a miracle.”

“He doesn't mind if he dies... indeed, he would like to die; but yet he fears to fall. He would welcome a long sleep; but not at the price of falling to it.”

“His manual of heaven and hell lay open before me, and I could perceive my nothingness in this scheme.”

“There's a kinship among men who have sat by a dying fire and measured the worth of their life by it.”

“Who ever loved that loved not at first sight?”

“It is often my nature to be abstract, hidden in plain sight, or nowhere at all.”

“In time of difficulties, we must not lose sight of our achievements.”

“If I paint a wild horse, you might not see the horse... but surely you will see the wildness!”

“He who looks through an open window sees fewer things than he who looks through a closed window.”

“The only thing worse than being blind is having sight and no vision.”