“Measure not by the scale of perfection the meager product of reality.”

Whatever lives, lives to die in sorrow. We engage our hearts, and grasp after the things of this world, only to undergo the pang of losing them.

Many a crown shines spotless now that yet was deeply sullied in the winning.

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In the case of a creative mind, it seems to me, the intellect has withdrawn its watchers from the gates, and the ideas rush in pell-mell and only then does it review and inspect the multitudes.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

Having faith, beliefs, and convictions is a great thing, but your life is measured by the actions you take based upon them.

Well being, serenity and service to others are the ultimate measures of true wealth, success and power.

Measurement of life should be proportioned rather to the intensity of the experience than to its actual length.

But perhaps the best way to measure your progress is with a habit tracker.

A good scientist values criticism almost higher than friendship: no, in science criticism is the height and measure of friendship.

A life worth living might be measured in many ways, but the one way that stands above all others is living a life of no regrets.

Love has no limitations. It cannot be measured. It has no boundaries. Although many have tried, love is indefinable.

There are two possible outcomes: if the result confirms the hypothesis, then you’ve made a measurement. If the result is contrary to the hypothesis, then you’ve made a discovery.