Genius seems to consistent merely in trueness of sight.

Cultivate an attitude of gratitude, of giving and forgiving. Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.

Do you love me? Means at last do you see the same truth I see? If you do, we are happy together; but when presently one of us passes into the perception of a new truth, we are divorced and the force of all nature cannot hold us to each other.

An eye can threaten like a loaded and levelled gun, or it can insult like hissing or kicking; or, in its altered mood, by beams of kindness, it can make the heart dance for joy. ... One of the most wonderful things in nature is a glance of the eye; it transcends speech; it is the bodily symbol of identity.

The value of a principle is the number of things it will explain.

In the morning a man walks with his whole body; in the evening, only with his legs.

Live in the fields, and God will give you lectures on natural philosophy every day.