“Triumphal arch, that fill'st the sky When storms prepare to part, I ask not proud Philosophy To teach me what thou art.”— Thomas Campbell, To the Rainbow (1825)Share
“'Tis distance lends enchantment to the view, And robes the mountain in its azure hue.”— Thomas CampbellShare
“Who hath not owned, with rapture-smitten frame, The power of grace, the magic of a name?”— Thomas CampbellShare
“Warriors of the light are not perfect. Their beauty lies in accepting this fact and still desiring to grow and to learn.”— Paulo CoelhoShare
“What are books but folly, and what is an education but an arrant hypocrisy, and what is art but a curse when they touch not the heart and impel it not to action?”— Louis SullivanShare
“Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular.”— AristotleShare
“Be attentive therefore, according to the instruction of the Gospel, to learn obedience from the lily and the bird.”— Søren KierkegaardShare
“I must study the plain physical facts of the case, ascertain what is possible, and learn what appears to be wise and right.”— Abraham LincolnShare
“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
