When from our better selves we have too long been parted by the hurrying world, and droop. Sick of its business, of its pleasures tired, how gracious, how benign in solitude.

Quote by William Wordsworth

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That best portion of a man's life, his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and...

That best portion of a man's life, his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and...

Thought and theory must precede all salutary action; yet action is nobler in itself than...

Thought and theory must precede all salutary action; yet action is nobler in itself than...

Golf is a day spent in a round of strenuous idleness.

Golf is a day spent in a round of strenuous idleness.

Great God! I'd rather be A Pagan suckled in a creed outworn; So might I,...

Great God! I'd rather be A Pagan suckled in a creed outworn; So might I,...

With an eye made quiet by the power of harmony, and the deep power of...

With an eye made quiet by the power of harmony, and the deep power of...

A multitude of causes unknown to former times are now acting with a combined force...

A multitude of causes unknown to former times are now acting with a combined force...

Nature never did betray the heart that loved her.

Nature never did betray the heart that loved her.

What we need is not the will to believe, but the wish to find out.

What we need is not the will to believe, but the wish to find out.

What is pride? A rocket that emulates the stars.

What is pride? A rocket that emulates the stars.

Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers.

Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers.

Nature never did betray The heart that loved her

Nature never did betray The heart that loved her

Rapine, avarice, expense, This is idolatry; and these we adore; Plain living and high thinking...

Rapine, avarice, expense, This is idolatry; and these we adore; Plain living and high thinking...

A perfect woman, nobly planned, To warn, to comfort, and command; And yet a Spirit...

A perfect woman, nobly planned, To warn, to comfort, and command; And yet a Spirit...

Action is transitory a step, a blow, The motion of a muscle, this way or...

Action is transitory a step, a blow, The motion of a muscle, this way or...

Come forth into the light of things, let nature be your teacher.

Come forth into the light of things, let nature be your teacher.

The world is too much with us; late and soon, getting and spending, we lay...

The world is too much with us; late and soon, getting and spending, we lay...

To begin, begin.

To begin, begin.

Wisdom is oftentimes nearer when we stoop than when we soar.

Wisdom is oftentimes nearer when we stoop than when we soar.

Nine-tenths of wisdom is being wise in time.

Nine-tenths of wisdom is being wise in time.

Spiritual and religious traditions, when shaped by the feminine principle, affirm the cyclical phrases of...

Spiritual and religious traditions, when shaped by the feminine principle, affirm the cyclical phrases of...