The teaching of politics is that the Government, which was set for protection and comfort of all good citizens, becomes the principal obstruction and nuisance with which we have to contend... The cheat and bully and malefactor we meet everywhere is the Government.

The poise of a plant, the bended tree recovering itself from the strong wind, the vital resources of every vegetable and animal, are also demonstrations of the self-sufficing, and therefore self-relying soul. All history from its highest to its trivial passages is the various record of this power.

Every great achievement is the victory of a flaming heart.

We are immersed in beauty, but our eyes have no clear vision.

A great man scarcely knows how he dines, how he dresses; but without railing or precision, his living is natural and poetic.

The imaginative faculty of the soul must be fed with objects immense and eternal.

Is there a difference? Yes. We are in harmony with nature, but never at peace.