Real Art Is Illumination, It Adds Stature

I Have No Objections To Churches So Long As They Do Not Interfere With God's Work.

Walking Companions, Like Heroes, Are Difficult To Pluck Out Of The Crowd Of Acquaintances. Good Dispositions, Ready Wit, Friendly Conversation Serve Well Enough By The Fireside But They Prove Insufficient In The Field. For There You Need Transcendentalists-nothing Less; You Need Poets, Sages, Humorists And Natural Philosophers.

We Cheerfully Assume That In Some Mystic Way Love Conquers All, That Good Outweighs Evil In The Just Balances Of The Universe And At The 11th Hour Something Gloriously Triumphant Will Prevent The Worst Before It Happens.

It Takes Most Men Five Years To Recover From A College Education, And To Learn That Poetry Is As Vital To Thinking As Knowledge.

People Everywhere Enjoy Believing Things That They Know Are Not True. It Spares Them The Ordeal Of Thinking For Themselves And Taking Responsibility For What They Know.