What we think or what we know or what we believe is in the end of little consequence. The only thing of consequence is what we do

Man's only true happiness is to live in hope of something to be won by him. Reverence something to be worshipped by him, and love something to be cherished by him, forever.

Nature is painting for us, day after day, pictures of infinite beauty.

When a man is wrapped up in himself, he makes a pretty small package.

If some people really see angels where others see only empty space, let them paint the angels: only let not anybody else think they can paint an angel too, on any calculated principles of the angelic.

There is large difference between indolent impatience of labor and intellectual impatience of delay, large difference between leaving things unfinished because we have more to do or because we are satisfied with what we have done.

To banish imperfection is to destroy expression, to check exertion, to paralyze vitality.