Whoever would do good in the world, ought not to deal in censure. We ought not to destroy, but rather construct.

Art rests on a kind of religious sense, on a deep, steadfast earnestness; and on this account it unites so readily with religion.

Being brilliant is no great feat if you respect nothing.

The true poet is called to take in the splendor of the world and for that reason will always be inclined to praise rather than tofind fault.

Nature! We are enveloped and embraced by her, incapable of emerging from her and incapable of entering her more deeply. Unbidden and unwarned, she receives us into the circuits of her dance, drifting onward with us herself, until we grow tired and drop from her arms.

I have learned much from disease which life could have never taught me anywhere else.

Our wishes are presentiments of the abilities that lie in us, harbingers of what we will be able to accomplish.