It is a capital blunder; as you discover, when another man recites his charities.

The most active lives have so much routine as to preclude progress almost equally with the most inactive.

Earth proudly wears the Parthenon As the best gem upon her zone.

The soul answers never by words, but by the thing itself that is inquired after.

So shall we come to look at the world with new eyes. It shall answer the endless inquiry of the intellect, — What is truth? and of the affections, — What is good? by yielding itself passive to the educated Will. ... Build, therefore, your own world. As fast as you conform your life to the pure idea in your mind, that will unfold its great proportions. A correspondent revolution in things will attend the influx of the spirit.

I hope in these days we have heard the last of conformity and consistency. Let the words be gazetted and ridiculous henceforward.Instead of the gong for dinner, let us hear a whistle from the Spartan fife.

Enthusiasm is one of the most powerful engines of success. When you do a thing, do it with all your might.