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.

I had only ordinary capacity but extraordinary persistency.

I was born, for instance, incapable of appreciating music.

Besides learning to see, there is another art to be learned - not to see what is not.

There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness.

The greatest object in educating is to give a right habit of study.

How strange that some people cannot believe in both the Book of Nature and the Book of God.