“He who would not be frustrate of his hope to write well hereafter in laudable things ought himself to be a true poem.”— John Milton, An Apology for Smectymnuus (1642)Share
“A grateful mind by owing owes not, but still pays, at once indebted and discharged.”— John MiltonShare
“Where we find a difficulty we may always expect that a discovery awaits us. Where there is cover we hope for game.”— C.S. LewisShare
“A wise man will not leave the right to the mercy of chance, nor wish it to prevail through the power of the majority.”— Henry David ThoreauShare
“I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us that the less we use our power, the greater it will be.”— Thomas JeffersonShare
“Happy the man whose wish and care a few paternal acres bound, content to breathe his native air in his own ground.”— Alexander PopeShare
“We should train ourselves in the use of imagination when we are well, so that we are ready to use it when we are not.”— Laura Archera HuxleyShare
“Human freedom involves our capacity to pause, to choose the one response toward which we wish to throw our weight.”— Rollo MayShare
