Nature gives liberty even to dumb animals.
All in their lifetime carve their own soul's statue.
Look how the blue-eyed violets glance love to one another.
I hate the sin, but I love the sinner.
Under his spurning feet, the road Like an arrowly alpine river flowed And the landscape sped away behind Like an ocean flying before the wind.
My soul to-day Is far away Sailing the Vesuvian Bay.
The heavens are full of floating mysteries.
There are moments in life, when the heart is so full of emotion That if by chance it be shaken, or into its depths like a pebble Drops some careless word, it overflows, and its secret, Spilt on the ground like water, can never be gathered together.
[K]now that however ugly the parts appear the whole remains beautiful. A severed hand Is an ugly thing, and man dissevered from the earth and stars and his history. . . for contemplation or in fact. . . Often appears atrociously ugly. Integrity is wholeness, the greatest beauty is Organic wholeness, the wholeness of life and things, the divine beauty of the universe.
Politics is the science of who gets what, when, and why.
It seems unfortunate that strong people are usually so disagreeable and overbearing that no one cares for them. In fact, to be different from your fellow creatures is always a misfortune.