Nature, with equal mind, Sees all her sons at play, Sees man control the wind, The wind sweep man away.
From Matthew Arnold
Not a having and a resting, but a growing and becoming, is the character of perfection as culture conceives it.
It is almost impossible to exaggerate the proneness of the human mind to take miracles as evidence, and to seek for miracles as evidence.
Home of lost causes, and forsaken beliefs, and unpopular names, and impossible loyalties!
The true meaning of religion is thus, not simply morality, but morality touched by emotion.
Greatness is a spiritual condition worthy to excite love, interest, and admiration; and the outward proof of possessing greatness is that we excite love, interest and admiration.
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