1819-1880, English Writer, Poet
Acceptance
Animals are such agreeable friends – they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms.
Action / Effort
Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.
in The Journals of Andre Gide
Being / Essence / Soul
There is no short cut, no patent tram-road, to wisdom: After all the centuries of invention, the soul's path lies through the thorny wilderness which must still be trodden in solitude, with bleeding feet, with sobs for help, as it was trodden by those of old times.
Wisdom for The Soul: Five Millennia of Prescriptions for Spiritual Healing , © 2004