Modern education too often covers the fingers with rings, and at the same time cuts the sinews at the wrist.
John SterlingA man without earnestness is a mournful and perplexing spectacle. But it is a consolation to believe, as we must of such a one, that he is the most effectual and compulsive of all schools.
John SterlingEvery fancy that we would substitute for a reality is, if we saw aright, and saw the whole, not only false, but every way less beautiful and excellent than that which we sacrifice to it.
John SterlingToil, feel, think, hope; you will be sure to dream enough before you die, without arranging for it.
John Sterling