The birds are moulting. If only man could moult also — his mind once a year its errors, his heart once a year its useless passions. – James Allen
In all human affairs there are efforts, and there are results, and the strength of the effort is the measure of the result. – James Allen
The greatest achievement was at first and for a time a dream. The oak sleeps in the acorn, the bird waits in the egg, and in the highest vision of the soul a waking angel stirs. Dreams are the seedlings of realities. – James Allen
Above all be of single aim; have a legitimate and useful purpose, and devote yourself unreservedly to it. – James Allen
The crow in his purity I believe is seen and heard only in the North. Before you reach the Potomac there is an infusion of a weaker element, the fish-crow, whose helpless feminine call contrasts strongly with the hearty masculine caw of the original Simon. – John Burroughs, “Winter Sunshine”