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.
Gilbert Parker

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

It's the people who try to be clever who never are; the people who are clever never think of trying to be.
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.
Gilbert Parker

Imagination is at the root of much that passes for love.
Gilbert Parker

Tomorrow is no man's gift.
Gilbert Parker

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.
Gilbert Parker