There is a crack in everything God has made

Tis a short sight to limit our faith in laws to those of gravity, of chemistry, of botany, and so forth.

The moment we indulge our affections, the earth is metamorphosed.

We do what we must, and call it by the best names.

Go, speed the stars of Thought On to their shining goals; - The sower scatters broad his seed, The wheat thou strew'st be souls.

It is true that genius takes its rise out of the mountains of rectitude; that all beauty and power which men covet are somehow born out of that Alpine district; that any extraordinary degree of beauty in man or woman involves a moral charm.

Do what you're afraid to do.