But man's capacities have never been measured; nor are we to judge of what he can do by any precedents, so little have been tried.

It's not enough to be busy.

Men rush to California and Australia as if the true gold were to be found in that direction but that is to go to the very opposite extreme to where it lies. They go prospecting farther and farther away from the true lead, and are most unfortunate when they think themselves most successful.

There are none happy in the world but beings who enjoy freely a vast horizon.

It's the beauty within us that makes it possible for us to recognize the beauty around us. The question is not what you look at but what you see.

It is not enough to be busy. So are the ants. The question is: What are we busy about?

All sound heard at the greatest possible distance produces one and the same effect, a vibration of the universal lyre, just as the intervening atmosphere makes a distant ridge of earth interesting to our eyes by the azure tint it imparts to it.