John Sterling
John Sterling
wind mistress made
Commerce has made all winds her mistress.
men color ideas
Color, in the outward world, answers to feeling in man; shape, to thought; motion, to will. The dawn of day is the nearest outward likeness of an act of creation; and it is, therefore, also the closest type in nature for that in us which most approaches to creation--the realization of an idea by an act of the will.
baseball cant
You just cant predict baseball
men clients trouble
The ideal client is the very wealthy man in very great trouble.
strong pain joy
Pain has its own noble joy, when it starts a strong consciousness of life, from a stagnant one.
self denial worst
The worst education which teaches self-denial, is better than the best which teaches everything else, and not that.
lying believe men
There is no lie that a man will not believe; and there is no man who does not believe many lies; and there is no man who believes only lies.
men color feelings
Colors answer feeling in man; shapes answer thought; and motion answers will.
dream thinking toil
Toil, feel, think, hope; you will be sure to dream enough before you die, without arranging for it.
moving light joy
Like earth, awake, and warm, and bright With joy the spirit moves and burns; So up to thee! O Fount of Light! Our light returns.
duplicity dupes impossible
One dupe is as impossible as one twin.
flower past clothes
Repentance clothes in grass and flowers the grave in which the past is laid.
joy poetry magic
Poetry is in itself strength and joy, whether it be crowned by all mankind, or left alone in its own magic hermitage.
fighting men law
Language. By this we build pyramids, fight battles, ordain and administer laws, shape and teach religion, and knit man to man, cultivate each other, and ourselves.