We ascribe beauty to that which is simple; which has not superfluous parts; which exactly answers its ends.

Nothing is more simple than greatness; indeed, to be simple is to be great

The learned and the studious of thought have no monopoly of wisdom. Their violence of direction in some degree disqualifies them to think truly. We owe many valuable observations to people who are not very acute or profound, and who say the thing without effort which we want and have long been hunting in vain.

Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us, or we find it not.

Be not the slave of your own past - plunge into the sublime seas, dive deep, and swim far, so you shall come back with new self-respect, with new power, and with an advanced experience that shall explain and overlook the old.

Many eyes go through the meadow, but few see the flowers in it