67 Quotes by Norman Douglas

Why always "not yet"? Do flowers in spring say "not yet"?

How hard it is, sometimes, to trust the evidence of one's senses! How reluctantly the mind consents to reality.

How often could things be remedied by a word. How often is it left unspoken.

Has any man ever obtained inner harmony by simply reading about the experiences of others? Not since the world began has it ever happened. Each man must go through the fire himself.

What is all wisdom save a collection of platitudes? Take fifty of our current proverbial sayings—they are so trite, so threadbare, that we can hardly bring our lips to utter them. None the less they embody the concentrated experience of the race, and the man who orders his life according to their teaching cannot go far wrong. How easy that seems! Has any one ever done so? Never. Has any man ever attained to inner harmony by pondering the experience of others? Not since the world began! He must pass through the fire.

To find a friend one must close one eye. To keep him...two.

Why always “not yet”? Do flowers in spring say “not yet”?

How hard it is, sometimes, to trust the evidence of one’s senses! How reluctantly the mind consents to reality.

The secret of happiness is curiosity.