The best emotions to write out of are anger and fear or dread. . . . The least energizing emotion read more

The best emotions to write out of are anger and fear or dread. . . . The least energizing emotion to write out of is admiration . . . because the basic feeling that goes with admiration is a passive contemplative mood.

No nobler feeling than this, of admiration for one higher than
himself, dwells in the breast of man. It read more

No nobler feeling than this, of admiration for one higher than
himself, dwells in the breast of man. It is to this hour, and at
all hours, the vivifying influence in man's life.

Distance is a great promoter of admiration!

Distance is a great promoter of admiration!

You always admire what you really don't understand.

You always admire what you really don't understand.

The only things one can admire at length are those one admires without knowing why.

The only things one can admire at length are those one admires without knowing why.

here is an innocence in admiration; it is found in those to whom it has never yet occurred that they, read more

here is an innocence in admiration; it is found in those to whom it has never yet occurred that they, too, might be admired some day.

We live by our imagination, our admirations, and our sentiments.

We live by our imagination, our admirations, and our sentiments.

Fools admire, but men of sense approve.

Fools admire, but men of sense approve.

Some people are molded by their admirations, others by their hostilities.

Some people are molded by their admirations, others by their hostilities.