Will Christian
Will Christian
thinking mind rust
Few minds wear out; more rust out.
beautiful garden intelligent
To cultivate a garden is. . . to go hand in hand with Nature in some of her most beautiful processes, to learn something of her choicest secrets, and to have a more intelligent interest awakened in the beautiful order of her works elsewhere.
smile character may
Something of a person's character may be observed by how they smile. Some never smile they only grin.
respect men forfeit
Women seldom forfeit their claims to respect to men whom they respect.
differences quarrels over-it
The less the difference, the greater the quarrel over it.
ambition heart empires
Neither love nor ambition, as it has often been shown, can brook a division of its empire in the heart.
heart riches pockets
The heart contracts as the pocket expands.
heart riches devotion
An eager pursuit of fortune is inconsistent with a severe devotion to truth. The heart must grow tranquil before the thought can become searching.
states felicity stagnation
Repose without stagnation is the state most favorable to happiness. "The great felicity of life," says Seneca, "is to be without perturbations.
feelings religion matter
Genuine religion is matter of feeling rather than matter of opinion.
ideas progress endless
Intellectually, as politically, the direction of all true progress is towards greater freedom, and along an endless succession of ideas.
journey
Tis but a short journey across the isthmus of Now.
anxiety world other-half
The extent of poverty in the world is much exaggerated. Our sensitiveness makes half our poverty; our fears--anxieties for ills that never happen--a greater part of the other half.
anticipation trouble
Troubles forereckoned are doubly suffered.