Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not.

A great teacher makes hard things easy.

The senses interfere everywhere, and mix their own structure with all they report of.

If I could put my hand on the north star, would it be as beautiful? The sea is lovely, but when we bathe in it the beauty forsakesall the near water. For the imagination and senses cannot be gratified at the same time.

A man of thought must feel the thought that is parent of the universe: that the masses of nature do undulate and flow.

He is great who confers the most benefits.

Little minds have little worries, big minds have no time for worries.