Genius is the naturalist or geographer of the supersensible regions, and draws their map; and, by acquainting us with new fields of activity, cools our affection for the old. These are at once accepted as the reality, of which the world we have conversed with is the show.
It is the eye which makes the horizon.
Nature is upheld by antagonism.
We are by nature observers, and thereby learners. That is our permanent state.
So far as a person thinks; they are free.
When I bought my farm, I did not know what a bargain I had in the bluebirds, daffodils and thrushes; as little did I know what sublime mornings and sunsets I was buying.