As long as there are cold and nakedness in the land around you, so long can there be no question at all but that splendor of dress is a crime.

The greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world... to see clearly is poetry, prophecy and religion all in one.

We were not sent into this world to do anything into which we cannot put our hearts.

It is far more difficult to be simple than to be complicated.

There is never vulgarity in a whole truth, however commonplace. It may be unimportant or painful. It cannot be vulgar. Vulgarity is only in concealment of truth, or in affectation.

Men say their pinnacles point to heaven. Why, so does every tree that buds, and every bird that rises as it sings. Men say their aisles are good for worship. Why, so is every mountain glen and rough sea-shore. But this they have of distinct and indisputable glory,--that their mighty walls were never raised, and never shall be, but by men who love and aid each other in their weakness.

Curiosity is a gift, a capacity of pleasure in knowing, which if you destroy, you make yourself cold and dull.