With the past, I have nothing to do nor with the future. I live now. the future & life
Do the thing we fear, and death of fear is certain. death & fear
To be great is to be misunderstood. greatness
A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature. friendship & nature
Before we acquire great power we must acquire wisdom to use it well. greatness, power & wisdom
Little minds have little worries, big minds have no time for worries. time
Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm. greatness
Knowledge is knowing that we cannot know. knowledge
Flowers... are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty outvalues all the utilities of the world. beauty
The highest revelation is that God is in every man. God
Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not. travel
The reason why men do not obey us, is because they see the mud at the bottom of our eye. men
God enters by a private door into every individual. faith & God
There is no chance and anarchy in the universe. All is system and gradation. Every god is there sitting in his sphere. God
The sum of wisdom is that time is never lost that is devoted to work. time, wisdom & work
Fear defeats more people than any other one thing in the world. fear
Society is always taken by surprise at any new example of common sense. society
Great hearts steadily send forth the secret forces that incessantly draw great events. greatness
All mankind love a lover. love
We see God face to face every hour, and know the savor of Nature. God & nature
Nature is a mutable cloud which is always and never the same. nature
Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail. greatness & time
Every artist was first an amateur. art
No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character. change
For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind. anger & peace
In art, the hand can never execute anything higher than the heart can imagine. art
Nothing external to you has any power over you. power
Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss. being good & science
It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them. friendship
When nature has work to be done, she creates a genius to do it. nature & work
Good men must not obey the laws too well. being good & men
All I have seen teaches me to trust the creator for all I have not seen. trust
Win as if you were used to it, lose as if you enjoyed it for a change. change
A good indignation brings out all one's powers. being good
Pictures must not be too picturesque. art
It is not length of life, but depth of life. life
Every man has his own courage, and is betrayed because he seeks in himself the courage of other persons. courage
The first wealth is health. fitness & health
Death comes to all, but great achievements build a monument which shall endure until the sun grows cold. death & greatness
Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year. best & New Year's Day
The fox has many tricks. The hedgehog has but one. But that is the best of all. best
In the morning a man walks with his whole body in the evening, only with his legs. morning
A great man is always willing to be little. greatness
Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect. men & strength
The search after the great men is the dream of youth, and the most serious occupation of manhood. greatness & men
Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing. men
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. wisdom
The faith that stands on authority is not faith. faith
The value of a dollar is social, as it is created by society. society
As a cure for worrying, work is better than whiskey. work
Truth is the property of no individual but is the treasure of all men. men & truth
Men admire the man who can organize their wishes and thoughts in stone and wood and steel and brass. men
It is one of the beautiful compensations in this life that no one can sincerely try to help another without helping himself. life
We are by nature observers, and thereby learners. That is our permanent state. nature
Manners require time, and nothing is more vulgar than haste. time
Truth is handsomer than the affectation of love. Your goodness must have some edge to it, else it is none. love & truth
The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common. wisdom
A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends. friendship
Life consists in what a man is thinking of all day. life
The best effort of a fine person is felt after we have left their presence. best
Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. life
I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women. being good & women
No great man ever complains of want of opportunity. greatness
This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it. being good & time
The only way to have a friend is to be one. friendship
Beauty is an outward gift, which is seldom despised, except by those to whom it has been refused. beauty
Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding. peace
Power and speed be hands and feet. power
A man is usually more careful of his money than he is of his principles. money
The real and lasting victories are those of peace, and not of war. peace & war
Trust your instinct to the end, though you can render no reason. trust
Genius always finds itself a century too early. intelligence
All diseases run into one, old age. aging
We find delight in the beauty and happiness of children that makes the heart too big for the body. beauty & happiness
Great men or men of great gifts you shall easily find, but symmetrical men never. greatness & men
Earth laughs in flowers. nature
What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have never been discovered. gardening
The desire of gold is not for gold. It is for the means of freedom and benefit. freedom
Nobody can bring you peace but yourself. peace
As soon as there is life there is danger. life
Wisdom has its root in goodness, not goodness its root in wisdom. wisdom
Science does not know its debt to imagination. imagination & science
The age of a woman doesn't mean a thing. The best tunes are played on the oldest fiddles. aging, best & women
Every mind must make its choice between truth and repose. It cannot have both. truth
Each age, it is found, must write its own books or rather, each generation for the next succeeding. aging
As we grow old, the beauty steals inward. beauty
Great geniuses have the shortest biographies. greatness
Truth is beautiful, without doubt but so are lies. truth
Nature always wears the colors of the spirit. nature
A chief event of life is the day in which we have encountered a mind that startled us. life
Our best thoughts come from others. best
Who hears me, who understands me, becomes mine, a possession for all time. time
Men love to wonder, and that is the seed of science. love, men & science
The years teach much which the days never know. experience
Beauty without expression is boring. beauty
The health of the eye seems to demand a horizon. We are never tired, so long as we can see far enough. health
He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life. fear, learning & life
A man is a god in ruins. When men are innocent, life shall be longer, and shall pass into the immortal, as gently as we awake from dreams. dreams, God, life & men
I have no hostility to nature, but a child's love to it. I expand and live in the warm day like corn and melons. love & nature
Men's actions are too strong for them. Show me a man who has acted, and who has not been the victim and slave of his action. men
Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures. truth
Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes. intelligence
The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. time
Nature and books belong to the eyes that see them. nature & wisdom
We acquire the strength we have overcome. strength
Money often costs too much. money
We gain the strength of the temptation we resist. strength
Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as think. greatness & intelligence
Men are what their mothers made them. men & motherhood
Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience. nature, patience & wisdom
Our faith comes in moments our vice is habitual. faith
Beauty without grace is the hook without the bait. beauty
All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better. life
No man ever prayed heartily without learning something. learning
To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded. life & success
In every society some men are born to rule, and some to advise. men & society
Friendship, like the immortality of the soul, is too good to be believed. friendship & being good
Nature hates calculators. nature
People disparage knowing and the intellectual life, and urge doing. I am content with knowing, if only I could know. life
Doing well is the result of doing good. That's what capitalism is all about. being good
God screens us evermore from premature ideas. God
Enthusiasm is the mother of effort, and without it nothing great was ever achieved. greatness
Love of beauty is taste. The creation of beauty is art. art, beauty & love
The revelation of thought takes men out of servitude into freedom. freedom & men
A great part of courage is the courage of having done the thing before. courage & greatness
The method of nature: who could ever analyze it? nature
Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams. dreams
We do not yet possess ourselves, and we know at the same time that we are much more. time
Everything in Nature contains all the powers of Nature. Everything is made of one hidden stuff. nature
Every known fact in natural science was divined by the presentiment of somebody, before it was actually verified. science
Trust men and they will be true to you treat them greatly and they will show themselves great. greatness, men & trust
Every actual State is corrupt. Good men must not obey laws too well. being good & men
People with great gifts are easy to find, but symmetrical and balanced ones never. greatness
Great men are they who see that spiritual is stronger than any material force - that thoughts rule the world. greatness & men
There is a blessed necessity by which the interest of men is always driving them to the right and, again, making all crime mean and ugly. men