Civilization depends on morality.

The near explains the far. The drop is a small ocean. A man is related to all nature. This perception of the worth of the vulgar is fruitful in discoveries. Goethe, in this very thing the most modern of the moderns, has shown us, as none ever did, the genius of the ancients.

But speak the truth, and all nature and all spirits help you with unexpected furtherance. Speak the truth, and all things alive orbrute are vouchers, and the very roots of the grass underground there do seem to stir and move to bear you witness.

The spirit of the world, the great calm presence of the creator, comes not forth to the sorceries of opium or of wine.

Hast thou named all the birds without a gun?

Between cultivated minds the first interview is the best.

If we live truly, we shall see truly.