With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now.
If a man's eye is on the Eternal, his intellect will grow.
Who hears me, who understands me, becomes mine, a possession for all time.
A strong person makes the law and custom null before his own will.
Men have come to speak of the revelation as somewhat long ago given and done, as if God were dead. The injury to faith throttles the preacher; and the goodliest of institutions becomes an uncertain and inarticulate voice.
It is a fact often observed, that men have written good verses under the inspiration of passion, who cannot write well under other circumstances.