I will not hide my tastes or aversions. I will so trust that what is deep is holy, that I will do strongly before the sun and moon whatever only rejoices me, and the heart appoints

This very certain that each man carries in his eye the exact indication of his rank in the immense scale of men, and we are always learning to read it. A complete man should need no auxiliaries to his personal presence.

The soul lets no man go without some visitations and holy-days of a diviner presence.

Don't be a cynic and disconsolate preacher. Don't bewail and moan. Omit the negative propositions. Challenge us with incessant affirmatives.

The whole value of history, of biography, is to increase my self-trust, by demonstrating what man can be and do.

Emancipation is the demand of civilization. That is a principle; everything else is an intrigue.

The sky is the ultimate art gallery just above us.