Greatness is a spiritual condition.
MATTHEW ARNOLDWaiting for the spark from heaven to fall.
More Matthew Arnold Quotes
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The bent of our time is towards science, towards knowing things as they are.
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Now the great winds shoreward blow Now the salt tides seaward flow Now the wild white horses play Champ and chafe and toss in the spray.
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All knowledge is interesting to a wise man, and the knowledge of nature is interesting to all men.
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At the present moment two things about the Christian religion must surely be clear to anybody with eyes in his head. One is, that men cannot do without it; the other, that they cannot do with it as it is.
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It is a very great thing to be able to think as you like; but, after all, an important question remains: what you think.
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How many minds–almost all the great ones–were formed in secrecy and solitude!
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Nature, with equal mind, Sees all her sons at play, Sees man control the wind, The wind sweep man away.
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Men of culture are the true apostles of equality
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To have the sense of creative activity is the great happiness and the great proof of being alive.
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Joy comes and goes, hope ebbs and flows Like the wave; Change doth unknit the tranquil strength of men. Love tends life a little grace, A few sad smiles; and then, Both are laid in one cold place, In the grave.
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The pursuit of perfection, then, is the pursuit of sweetness and light.
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Journalism is literature in a hurry.
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The brave, impetuous heart yields everywhere to the subtle, contriving head.
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Art still has truth. Take refuge there.
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The power of the Latin classic is in character , that of the Greek is in beauty . Now character is capable of being taught, learnt, and assimilated: beauty hardly.
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