Will Christian
Will Christian
feelings religion matter
Genuine religion is matter of feeling rather than matter of opinion.
oysters contentment may
Contentment is not happiness. An oyster may be contented. Happiness is compounded of richer elements.
ambition heart empires
Neither love nor ambition, as it has often been shown, can brook a division of its empire in the heart.
heart riches pockets
The heart contracts as the pocket expands.
heart riches devotion
An eager pursuit of fortune is inconsistent with a severe devotion to truth. The heart must grow tranquil before the thought can become searching.
states felicity stagnation
Repose without stagnation is the state most favorable to happiness. "The great felicity of life," says Seneca, "is to be without perturbations.
educational common-sense commodity
Common sense, alas in spite of our educational institutions, is a rare commodity.
imperfection criticism attention
The legitimate aim of criticism is to direct attention to the excellent. The bad will dig its own grave, and the imperfect may safely be left to that final neglect from which no amount of present undeserved popularity can rescue it.
gratitude pain spring
Pleasure and pain spring not so much from the nature of things, as from our manner of considering them in particular, what we compare them to.
gratitude evil lessons
It is some compensation for great evils, that they enforce great lessons.
gratitude melancholy worst
Melancholy sees the worst of things...[rather than the best]
mistake character errors
It is only an error in judgment to make a mistake, but it shows infirmity of character to adhere to it when discovered
ideas progress finals
Ideas are like matter, infinitely divisible. It is not given to us to get down so to speak to their final atoms, but to their molecular groupings-the way is never ending and the progress infinitely delightful and profitable....
flirting inspire transport
Alas, the transports beauty can inspire!