Every great and commanding movement in the annals of the world is due to the triumph of enthusiasm. Nothing great was ever achieved without it

There is one mind common to all individual men. Every man is an inlet to the same and to all of the same.

My life is not an apology, but a life.

A poem, a sentence, causes us to see ourselves. I be, and I see my being, at the same time.

The field cannot be well seen from within the field. The astronomer must have his diameter of the earth's orbit as a base to fix the parallax of any other star

Make yourself necessary to the world, and mankind will give you bread.

Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong.