Gilbert Parker

There is no refuge from memory and remorse in this world. The spirits of our foolish deeds haunt us, with or without repentance. ”

Memory is man's greatest friend and worst enemy. ”

He came by a leap to the goal of purpose, not by the toilsome steps of reason. On the instant his headlong spirit declared his purpose: this was the one being for him in all the world: at this altar he would light a lamp of devotion, and keep it burning forever. ”

There's no credit in not doing what you don't want to do. There's no virtue in not falling, when you're not tempted. ”

Love knows not distance; it hath no continent; its eyes are for the stars. ”

In all secrets there is a kind of guilt, however beautiful or joyful they may be, or for what good end they may be set to serve. Secrecy means evasion, and evasion means a problem to the moral mind. ”

The real business of life is trying to understand each other. ”

Man is born in a day, and he dies in a day, and the thing is easily over; but to have a sick heart for three-fourths of one's lifetime is simply to have death renewed every morning; and life at that price is not worth living. ”

There is no influence like the influence of habit. ”

But paying is part of the game of life: it is the joy of buying that we crave. ”