“Being is the great explainer.”
Great“If you would convince a man that he does wrong, do right. Men will believe what they see.”
Men“Being is the great explainer.”
Great“A broad margin of leisure is as beautiful in a man's life as in a book. Haste makes waste, no less in life than in housekeeping. Keep the time, observe the hours of the universe, not of the cars.”
Life“I have thought there was some advantage even in death, by which we mingle with the herd of common men.”
Death“Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes for an instant?”
Great“It takes two to speak the truth: one to speak, and another to hear.”
Truth“None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm.”
Age“If it is surely the means to the highest end we know, can any work be humble or disgusting? Will it not rather be elevating as a ladder, the means by which we are translated?”
Work“Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.”
Religion“Nature puts no question and answers none which we mortals ask. She has long ago taken her resolution.”
Nature“There is always a present and extant life, be it better or worse, which all combine to uphold.”
Life“In the long run, men hit only what they aim at. Therefore, they had better aim at something high.”
Men“Men have a respect for scholarship and learning greatly out of proportion to the use they commonly serve.”
Learning“It is best to avoid the beginnings of evil.”
Best“While civilization has been improving our houses, it has not equally improved the men who are to inhabit them. It has created palaces, but it was not so easy to create noblemen and kings.”
Men“Nature will bear the closest inspection. She invites us to lay our eye level with her smallest leaf, and take an insect view of its plain.”
Nature“True friendship can afford true knowledge. It does not depend on darkness and ignorance.”
Friendship“'Tis healthy to be sick sometimes.”
Health“What is human warfare but just this an effort to make the laws of God and nature take sides with one party.”
God“May we so love as never to have occasion to repent of our love!”
Love“When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe. I am related to the earliest times, and to the latest.”
Fear