“Every man stamps his value on himself… man is made great or small by his own will.”

The key to education is the experience of beauty.

In the case of a creative mind, it seems to me, the intellect has withdrawn its watchers from the gates, and the ideas rush in pell-mell and only then does it review and inspect the multitudes.

Speech is always bolder than action.

Uncommon men require no common trust; give him but scope and he will set the bounds.

A merely fallen enemy may rise again, but the reconciled one is truly vanquished.

Joy is the mainspring in the whole Of endless Nature’s calm rotation. Joy moves the dazzling wheels that roll In the great Time-piece of Creation.

The world’s history is the world’s judgment.

It is play and only play that makes man complete.

I am better than my reputation.

One can give advice comfortably from a safe port.

Live with your century; but do not be its creature.

Posterity weaves no garlands for imitators.

A healthy nature needs no God or immortality.

Only through Beauty’s morning-gate, dost thou penetrate the land of knowledge.

Time is a blooming field: nature is ever teeming with life: and all is seed, and all is fruit.

The May of life blooms once and never again.

The smallest sin is an act of Cosmic Treason against a Holy God.

How often it is that a small action becomes great by its intention. And how often it is that a great action becomes small by its intention.

We are a people in more need of a little character than we are in need of an abundance of knowledge.

There is nothing small in God’s eyes; let there be nothing small in thine

We must break problems down into small, digestible bits. We must define the concepts that we use and explain what components they consist of. We must tackle small problems.

Observe that the body of man is confined to a small place; it covers only two spans of earth. But the spirit and mind of man travel to all countries and regions

Great knowledge is universal. Small knowledge is limited. Great words are inspiring; small words are chatter.

The lowest stage of humanity is experienced when the individual must labour for a small pittance of wages from others.