Younger sisters are almost different beings from elder ones, but thank God it is quite and unaffectedly without repining or envy t...hat I see my elder sister gad about and visit, etc.--when I rest at home.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Little minds mistake little objects for great ones, and lavish away upon the former that time and attention which only the latter ...deserve. To such mistakes we owe the numerous and frivolous tribe of insect-mongers, shell-mongers, and pursuers and driers of butterflies, etc. The strong mind distinguishes, not only between the useful and the useless, but likewise between the useful and the curious.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
There are so many intellectual and moral angels battling for rationalism, good citizenship, and pure spirituality; so many and suc...h eminent ones, so very vocal and authoritative! The poor devil in man needs all the support and advocacy he can get. The artist is his natural champion. When an artist deserts to the side of the angels, it is the most odious of treasons.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
We may say that feelings have two kinds of intensity. One is the intensity of the feeling itself, by which loud sounds are disting...uished from faint ones, luminous colors from dark ones, highly chromatic colors from almost neutral tints, etc. The other is the intensity of consciousness that lays hold of the feeling, which makes the ticking of a watch actually heard infinitely more vivid than a cannon shot remembered to have been heard a few minutes ago.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The first ones ever, oh, ever to know of the rising of Jesus, his glory to be,... were Mary, Joanna, and Magdalene, and blessed are they are they who see.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of th...ese little ones.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »