Rome is stately and impressive; Florence is all beauty and enchantment; Genoa is picturesque; Venice is a dream city; but Naples is simply -- fascina…

- Lilian Whiting

History and legend and art and romance meet and mingle to create that indefinable sorcery of Venice. It is like nothing on earth except a poet's drea…

- Lilian Whiting

The individual who cultivates grievances, and who is perpetually exacting explanations of his assumed wrongs, can only be ignored, and left to the ed…

- Lilian Whiting

Love is the reality of the soul.

- Lilian Whiting

Opportunity is responsibility. It is a fleeing conjunction of circumstances. It is a test as well as a privilege. To be always equal to the opportuni…

- Lilian Whiting

To live in Venice is like being domesticated in the heart of an opal.

- Lilian Whiting

When an object or purpose is clearly held in thought, its precipitation, in tangible and visible form, is merely a question of time. The vision alway…

- Lilian Whiting

The vision always precedes the realization

- Lilian Whiting

service is the joy-giving factor in daily life. It is as spontaneous as light, as subtle as electricity, as exhilarating as sunshine. It exists prima…

- Lilian Whiting