The first test of a truly great man is his humility. By humility I don't mean doubt of his powers or hesitation in speaking his opinion, but merely an understanding of the relationship of what he can say and what he can do. |
The great cry that rises from all our manufacturing cities, louder than the furnace blast, is all in very deed for this -- that we manufacture everything there except men. |
The greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world... to see clearly is poetry, prophecy and religion all in one. |
The higher a man stands, the more the word ''vulgar'' becomes unintelligible to him. |
The highest reward for a man's toil is not what he gets for it but what he becomes by it. |
The highest reward for a person's toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it. |
The imagination is never governed, it is always the ruling and divine power |
The last act crowns the play. |
The noble grotesque involves the true appreciation of beauty |
The path of a good woman is indeed strewn with flowers; but they rise behind her steps, not before them |
The path of a good woman is indeed strewn with flowers; but they rise behind her steps, not before them |
The persons who remain poor are the entirely foolish, the entirely wise, the idle, the reckless, the humble, the thoughtful, the dull, the imaginative, the sensitive, the well-informed, the improvident, the irregularly and impulsively wicked, the clu |
The principle of all successful effort is to try to do not what is absolutely the best, but what is easily within our power, and suited for our temperament and condition. |
The purest and most thoughtful minds are those which love color the most. |
The root of almost every schism and heresy from which the Christian Church has suffered, has been because of the effort of men to earn, rather than receive their salvation; and the reason preaching is so commonly ineffective is, that it often calls on people to work for God rather than letting God work through them. |