All that a man does outwardly is but the expression and completion of his inward thought. To work effectually, he must think clearly; to act nobly, he must think nobly. Intellectual force is a principal element of the soul’s life, and should be proposed by every man as the principal end of his being. William Ellery Channing (1780 – 1842)
I call that mind free which jealously guards its intellectual rights and powers, which calls no man master, which does not content itself with a passive or hereditary faith, which opens itself to light whencesoever it may come, which receives new truth as an angel from heaven, which, whilst consulting others, inquires still more of the oracle within itself, and […]
Thou art not for the fashion of these times, Where none will sweat but for promotion, And having that, do choke their service up Even with the having: it is not so with thee. William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616)
He is great who is what he is from Nature, and who never reminds us of others. Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 – 1882)
There are moods in which we court suffering, in the hope that here, at least, we shall find reality, sharp peaks and edges of truth. But it turns out to be scene-painting and counterfeit. The only thing grief has taught me is to know how shallow it is. Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 – 1882)
A light heart lives long. William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616)
I would have nobody to control me; I would be absolute… Now, he that is absolute can do what he likes; he that can do what he likes can take his pleasure; he that can take his pleasure can be content; and he that can be content has no more to desire. So the matter is over, and come what […]
Learning is but an adjunct to ourself, And where we are our learning likewise is. William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616)
A true man never frets about his place in the world, but just slides into it by the gravitation of his nature, and swings there as easily as a star. E.H. Chapin (1814 – 1880)
In the modesty of fearful duty I read as much as from the rattling tongue Of saucy and audacious eloquence. William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616)
