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What is pride? A rocket that emulates the stars. ”
The best portion of a good man's life is his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love. ”
That best portion of a man's life, his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and love. ”
When from our better selves we have too long been parted by the hurrying world, and droop. Sick of its business, of its pleasures tired, how gracious, how benign is solitude. ”
Rapine, avarice, expense, This is idolatry; and these we adore; Plain living and high thinking are no more. ”
With an eye made quiet by the power of harmony, and the deep power of joy, we see into the life of things. ”
Wisdom is oftentimes nearer when we stoop than when we soar. ”
The child is father of the man. ”
Faith is a passionate intuition. ”
Suffering is permanent, obscure and dark, And shares the nature of infinity. ”