9 quotes
American writer and editor (1890–1937)
“What a man does for pay is of little significance. What he is, as a sensitive instrument responsive to the world's beauty, is everything!”
"The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown."
on Fear
"But more wonderful than the lore of old men and the lore of books is the secret lore of ocean."
on Nature
"All rationalism tends to minimalise the value and the importance of life and to decrease the sum total of human happiness."
on Philosophy
"To the scientist there is the joy in pursuing truth which nearly counteracts the depressing revelations of truth."
on Truth
"Fear is our deepest and strongest emotion, and the one which best lends itself to the creation of nature-defying illusions."
"Unhappy is he to whom the memories of childhood bring only fear and sadness."
on Childhood
"Imagination is a very potent thing, and in the uneducated often usurps the place of genuine experience."
on Imagination
"I fear my enthusiasm flags when real work is demanded of me."
