Christianity is an idea, and as such is indestructible and immortal, like every idea.
Silence can be defined as conversation with an Englishman.
The night comes stealing o’er me, And clouds are on the sea; While the wavelets rustle before me With a mystical melody.
The sea appears all golden. Beneath the sun-lit sky.
Genius: 1. to believe your own thought. To believe that what is true for you is ultimately true. 2. a sledgehammer. 3. the fruit of labour and thought. 4. soul. 5. the ability to put into effect what is in your mind. 6. something one can become.
Be entirely tolerant or not at all; follow the good path or the evil one. To stand at the crossroads requires more strength than you possess.
Each violet peeps from its dwelling to gaze at the bright stars above.
A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks.
The swan, like the soul of the poet, By the dull world is ill understood.
Freedom is a new religion, the religion of our time.
You should only attempt to borrow from those who have but few of this world’s goods, as their chests are not of iron, and they are, besides, anxious to appear wealthier than they really are.
Literary history is the great morgue where all seek the dead ones whom they love, or to whom they are related.
Thought precedes action as lighting does thunder.
In the marvelous month of May when all the buds were bursting, then in my heart did love arise. In the marvelous month of May when all the birds were singing, then did I reveal to her my yearning and longing.
The people have no ear, either for rhythm or music, and their unnatural passion for pianoforte playing and singing is thus all the more repulsive. There is nothing on earth more terrible than English music, except English painting.
The swan in the pool is singing, And up and down doth he steer, And, singing gently ever, Dips under the water clear.
In vain would I seek to discover Why sad and mournful am I, My thoughts without ceasing brood over A tale of the time gone by.
The spring’s already at the gate With looks my care beguiling; The country round appeareth straight A flower-garden smiling.
All special charters of freedom must be abrogated where the universal law of freedom is to flourish.
Nature, like a true poet, abhors abrupt transitions.