“There have been few things in my life which have had a more genial effect on my mind than the possession of a piece of land”

“[Americans] have realized many things for which the rest of the world is still struggling...[yet] the civilization and the morals of the Americans fall far below their own principles.”

“But is it not the fact that religion emanates from the nature, from the moral state of the individual? Is it not therefore true that unless the nature be completely exercised, the moral state harmo...”

“Any one must see at a glance that if men and women marry those whom they do not love, they must love those whom they do not marry.”

“The sum and substance of female education in America, as in England, is training women to consider marriage as the sole object in life, and to pretend that they do not think so.”

“You had better live your best and act your best and think your best today for today is the sure preparation for tomorrow and all the other tomorrows that follow.”

“I understand her immediately. She is an instigator, a fire starter, an accelerant of a human being, throwing herself into the middle of a crowd and lighting it up. She is fucking lighter fluid.”

“Serving humanity is not beneath spiritual pursuit”

“Nothing makes you feel smaller than New York City...”

“Nothing makes you feel smaller than New York City...”