No man is born into the world whose work is not born with him. There is always work, and tools to work with, for those who will, and blessed are the horny hands of toil. The busy world shoves angrily aside the man who stands with arms akimbo until occasion tells him what to do; and he who waits to have his task marked out shall die and leave his errand unfulfilled.
James Russell LowellThe mind can weave itself warmly in the cocoon of its own thoughts, and dwell a hermit anywhere.
James Russell LowellToward no crimes have men shown themselves so cold- bloodedly cruel as in punishing differences of belief.
James Russell Lowell