“It is the writer's privilege to help man endure by lifting his heart.”

“It’s all right to tell a man to lift himself by his own bootstraps, but it is cruel jest to say to a bootless man that he ought to lift himself by his own bootstraps.”

“It is the very joy of man's heart to admire, where he can; nothing so lifts him from all his mean imprisonments, were it but for moments, as true admiration.”

“Who has not sat before his own heart's curtain? It lifts: and the scenery is falling apart.”

“A man who lifts his chin in pride will fail to see the chasm at his feet.”

“A man can only rise, conquer, and achieve by lifting up his thoughts.”

“I discovered that rejections are not altogether a bad thing. They teach a writer to rely on his own judgment and to say in his heart of hearts, "To hell with you."”

“The future of poetry should be, must be, in the hearts of children, lifting them above mean desires and helping them to believe, with Socrates, that they who have the fewest wants are nearest to the gods.”

“Man's most sacred privilege is freedom of will, the ability to obey or disobey his Maker.”

“To be ignorant is not the special prerogative of man; to know that he is ignorant is his special privilege.”