The proof that a philosopher does not know what he is talking about is apt to sadden his followers before it reacts on himself.

Hope is the only good thing that disillusion respects.

Not merely the idols fell, but also the habit of faith.

Disillusion can become itself an illusion If we rest in it.

Once I thought that Lake Forest was the most glamorous place in the world. Maybe it was.

The flowers of life are but illusions. How many fade away and leave no trace; how few yield any fruit; and the fruit itself, how rarely does it ripen!

Our bitterest wine is always drained from crushed ideals.

The youth gets together his materials to build a bridge to the moon, or, perchance, a palace or temple on the earth, and, at length, the middle-aged man concludes to build a woodshed with them.