The fine art of living, indeed, is to draw from each person his best.

In one way or another the Lord bids us all to fly, and we have need to trust Him for the wings, and live in that intimate and close relation to Him that alone can receive divine guidance.

Live in the sweet, sunny atmosphere of serenity and light and exaltation, – in that love and loveliness that creates the World Beautiful.

Love is the reality of the soul.

To live in Venice is like being domesticated in the heart of an opal.

Contempt is not the product of spiritual affluence, but of spiritual poverty.

Rome is stately and impressive; Florence is all beauty and enchantment; Genoa is picturesque; Venice is a dream city; but Naples is simply – fascinating.

History and legend and art and romance meet and mingle to create that indefinable sorcery of Venice. It is like nothing on earth except a poet’s dream...

No one has success until he has the abounding life. This is made up of the many-fold activity of energy, enthusiasm and gladness. It is to spring to meet the day with a thrill at being alive. It is to go forth to meet the morning in an ecstasy of joy. It is to realize the oneness of humanity.

Opportunity is responsibility. It is a fleeing conjunction of circumstances. It is a test as well as a privilege. To be always equal to the opportunity, – what more could be said of the highest success in life?