One is not idle because one is absorbed. There is both visible and invisible labor. To contemplate is to toil, to think is to do. The crossed arms work, the clasped hands act. The eyes upturned to Heaven are an…

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When God desires to destroy a thing, he entrusts its destruction to the thing itself....

When God desires to destroy a thing, he entrusts its destruction to the thing itself....

Common sense is in spite of, not as the result of education.

Common sense is in spite of, not as the result of education.

A great artist is a great man in a great child.

A great artist is a great man in a great child.

The brutalities of progress are called revolutions. When they are over we realize this: that...

The brutalities of progress are called revolutions. When they are over we realize this: that...

Curiosity is one of the forms of feminine bravery.

Curiosity is one of the forms of feminine bravery.

The most powerful symptom of love is a tenderness which becomes at times almost insupportable.

The most powerful symptom of love is a tenderness which becomes at times almost insupportable.

Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and cannot remain silent

Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and cannot remain silent

Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.

Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.

He, who every morning plans the transactions of the day, and follows that plan, carries...

He, who every morning plans the transactions of the day, and follows that plan, carries...

Popularity? It is glory's small change

Popularity? It is glory's small change

Pain is as diverse as man. One suffers as one can.

Pain is as diverse as man. One suffers as one can.

Yes, God made man first, but there's always a rough draft before the final copy.

Yes, God made man first, but there's always a rough draft before the final copy.

When dictatorship is a fact, revolution becomes a right.

When dictatorship is a fact, revolution becomes a right.

Reaction - a boat which is going against the current but which does not prevent...

Reaction - a boat which is going against the current but which does not prevent...

From the oyster to the eagle, from the swine to the tiger, all animals are...

From the oyster to the eagle, from the swine to the tiger, all animals are...

A creditor is worse than a slave-owner; for the master owns only your person, but...

A creditor is worse than a slave-owner; for the master owns only your person, but...

Smallness in a great man seems smaller by its disproportion with all the rest.

Smallness in a great man seems smaller by its disproportion with all the rest.

He does not weep who does not see

He does not weep who does not see

Tears are the summer showers to the soul.

Tears are the summer showers to the soul.

If tears could build a stairway and memories a lane, I'd walk right up to...

If tears could build a stairway and memories a lane, I'd walk right up to...