The world of learning is so broad, and the human soul is so limited in power!

Let us secure not such books as people want, but books just above their wants, and they will reach up to take what is put out for them.

The world of learning is so broad, and the human soul is so limited in power!

There is something of the same pleasure in noticing the hues of the stars that there is in looking at a flower garden in autumn.

But why look back at all? Why turn your eyes to your shadow, when, by looking upward, you see your rainbow in the same direction?

We have a hunger of the mind which asks for knowledge of all around us, and the more we gain, the more is our desire; the more we see, the more we are capable of seeing.

The greatest benefit derived from the study of science is that it lifts you out of and above the littleness of daily trials. We learn to live in the universe as a part of it; we cannot seperate ourselves from it - our every act connects us with it - our every act affects the whole. Standing under the canopy of stars and remembering their presence you could scarcely do a petty deed, or think a wicked thought.