Looking at God instantly reduces our disposition to dissent from our brother.

He only is a well-made man who has a good determination. And the end of culture is not to destroy this, God forbid! but to train away all impediment and mixture and leave nothing but pure power.

We are made aware that magnitude of material things is relative, and all objects shrink and expand to serve the passion of the poet. Thus, in his sonnets, the lays of birds, the scents and dyes of flowers, he finds to be the shadow of his beloved; time, which keeps her from him, is his chest; the suspicion she has awakened, is her ornament

Always do what you are afraid to do.

To accomplish excellence or anything outstanding, you must listen to that whisper which is heard by you alone.

Old and new make the warp and woof of every moment. There is no thread that is not a twist of these two strands.

A philosopher must be more than a philosopher.