As to the pure mind all things are pure, so to the poetic mind all things are poetical.
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOWAs to the pure mind all things are pure, so to the poetic mind all things are poetical.
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOWWhen she had passed, it seemed like the ceasing of exquisite music.
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOWThe counterfeit and counterpart of Nature is reproduced in art.
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOWCritics are sentinels in the grand army of letters, stationed at the corners of newspapers and reviews, to challenge every new author.
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOWThe mind of the scholar, if he would leave it large and liberal, should come in contact with other minds.
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOWWhenever nature leaves a hole in a person’s mind, she generally plasters it over with a thick coat of self-conceit.
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOWMan is always more than he can know of himself; consequently, his accomplishments, time and again, will come as a surprise to him.
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOWThe talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do well, and doing well whatever you do without thought of fame. If it comes at all it will come because it is deserved, not because it is sought after.
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOWTalk not of wasted affection – affection never was wasted.
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOWInto each life some rain must fall.
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOWGive what you have to somebody, it may be better than you think.
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOWMethod is more important than strength, when you wish to control your enemies.
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOWThe life of a man consists not in seeing visions and in dreaming dreams, but in active charity and in willing service.
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOWSomething attempted, something done, Has earned a nights repose.
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOWHe that respects himself is safe from others. He wears a coat of mail that none can pierce.
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOWBuild today, then strong and sure, With a firm and ample base; And ascending and secure. Shall tomorrow find its place.
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW