“Love unspoken is the most tremendous force in the world. One is amazed at the way in which people waste their time making speeches, agitating, praying, even. They might save their breath. The great lovers of the world, in silence, rule the world.” Privileging silent love over public speech or action · Essay or prose reflection, as commonly collected Love Power Silence
“The love of nature is a passion for those in whom it once lodges. It can never be quenched. It cannot change. It is a furious, burning, physical greed, as well as a state of mystical exaltation.” Describing nature-love as both bodily hunger and spiritual elevation · Essay, The Spring of Joy, 1917 Nature Passion Spirituality
“If you know much about your work – why you work, how you work, your aims – you are probably not a poet.” Suggesting true poetic work arises beyond conscious calculation · Essay, Poems and the Spring of Joy, 1928 Creativity Instinct Poetry
“Nature's music is never over; her silences are pauses, not conclusions.” Seeing natural quiet as part of an ongoing rhythm rather than an ending · Essay, The Spring of Joy, 1917 Continuity Nature Silence
“The past is only the present become invisible and mute; and because it is invisible and mute, its memoried glances and its murmurs are infinitely precious. We are tomorrow's past.” Valuing memory because the past can no longer speak for itself · Foreword, Precious Bane, 1924 Memory Past Time
