“Whoever desires that his intellect may grow up to soundness, to healthy vigor, must begin with moral discipline.”— William Ellery Channing, Self-Culture, 1838Share
“Labor is discovered to be the grand conqueror, enriching and building up nations more surely than the proudest battles.”— William Ellery ChanningShare
“The plant grows in the mist and under clouds as truly as under sunshine; so does the heavenly principle within.”— William Ellery ChanningShare
“God be thanked for books. They are the voices of the distant and the dead.”— William Ellery ChanningShare
“If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.”— Francis BaconShare
“Science is not the truth. Science is finding the truth. When science changes its opinion, it didn't lie to you.”— Brené BrownShare
“Life is a luminous halo, a semi-transparent envelope surrounding us from the beginning of consciousness to the end.”— Virginia WoolfShare
“Let us initiate a change in ourselves, for then, and then only, shall we be able to effect a change in other people.”— Laura Archera HuxleyShare
“Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and beginning all over again.”— André GideShare
“For a true writer each book should be a new beginning where he tries again for something that is beyond attainment.”— Ernest HemingwayShare