Spring shows what God can do with a drab and dirty world.

Spring shows what God can do with a drab and dirty world.

Man is a reasoning rather than a reasonable animal.

Man is a reasoning rather than a reasonable animal.

A man is great by deeds, not by birth.

A man is great by deeds, not by birth.

Nature, like man, sometimes weeps from gladness.

Nature, like man, sometimes weeps from gladness.

All these primary impulses, not easily described in words, are the springs of man's actions.

All these primary impulses, not easily described in words, are the springs of man's actions.

I decided that if I could paint that flower in a huge scale, you could not ignore its beauty.

I decided that if I could paint that flower in a huge scale, you could not ignore its beauty.

Nature too unkind;
That made no medicine for a troubled mind!

Nature too unkind;
That made no medicine for a troubled mind!

Extremes in nature equal ends produce; In man they join to some mysterious use.

Extremes in nature equal ends produce; In man they join to some mysterious use.

Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps, for he is the only animal that is struck with the read more

Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps, for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference between what things are and what they ought to be.