In creating, the only hard thing is to begin: a grass blade's no easier to make than an oak.
James Russell LowellThe discontent with the existing order of things pervaded the atmosphere, wherever the conditions were favorable, long before Columbus, seeking the back door of Asia, found himself knocking at the front door of America.
James Russell LowellThere is no good in arguing with the inevitable. The only argument available with an east wind is to put on your overcoat.
James Russell LowellIt is not the insurrections of ignorance that are dangerous, but the revolts of the intelligence.
James Russell Lowell