“The Church, which was once the mother of poets no less than of saints, during the last two centuries has relinquished to aliens the chief glories of poetry, if the chief glories of holiness she has preserved for her own.”

Lamenting the separation of poetry and religious life · Essay on Shelley

• History
• Poetry
• Religion

“Without health, no energy; without energies, no struggle. Seldom does the faineant become the Saint; the vigorous sinner often. He that sins strongly has the stuff of sanctity, rather than the languid sinner.”

Arguing that bodily vigour is essential even to spiritual struggle · Essay, Health and Holiness (1905)

• Health
• Spirituality
• Strength

“Nothing is so commonplace as to wish to be remarkable.”

A pointed observation on the paradox of seeking distinction and the ordinary human desire to stand out · Essay, Shelley

• Ambition
• Individuality
• Vanity