Will Thomas

Will Thomas
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NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
CountryUnited States of America
emptiness empty loud
The insignificant, the empty, is usually the loud; and after the manner of a drum, is louder even because of its emptiness.
men higher blessedness
There is in man a higher than love of happiness; he can do without happiness, and instead thereof find blessedness.
men interesting smallest
A true delineation of the smallest man is capable of interesting the greatest man.
men heaven aspiration
A man--be the heavens ever praised!--is sufficient for himself.
change reform moral
All reform except a moral one will prove unavailing.
ocean men swimmer
All work of man is as the swimmer's: a vast ocean threatens to devour him; if he front it not bravely, it will keep its word.
rushing swim rolling
Time is the silent, never-resting thing ... rolling, rushing on, swift, silent, like an all-embracing oceantide, on which we and all the universe swim.
miracle mystery arcs
We arc the miracle of miracles, the great inscrutable mystery of God.
men animal tools
Man is a tool-using animal.
wells niagara
Macaulay is well for awhile, but one wouldn't live under Niagara.
stories caution prudence
Caution is the lower story of prudence.
past endurance cheerfulness
Wondrous is the strength of cheerfulness, altogether past calculation its powers of endurance.
mother dream art
Happy season of childhood! Kind Nature, that art to all a bountiful mother; that visitest the poor man's hut With auroral radiance; and for thy nursling hast provided a soft swathing of love and infinite hope wherein he waxes and slumbers, danced round by sweetest dreams!
believe men fool
The situation that has not its duty, its ideal, was never yet occupied by man. Yes, here, in this poor, miserable, hampered, despicable actual, wherein thou even now standest, here or nowhere is thy ideal; work it out therefrom, and, working, believe, live, be free. Fool! the ideal is in thyself.