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The function of the imagination is not to make strange things settled, so much as to make settled things strange.
The function of the imagination is not to make strange things settled, so much as to make settled things strange.
It is faith among men that holds the moral elements of society together, as it is faith in God that read more
It is faith among men that holds the moral elements of society together, as it is faith in God that binds the world to his throne.
It is usually the imagination that is wounded first, rather than the heart; it being much more sensitive.
It is usually the imagination that is wounded first, rather than the heart; it being much more sensitive.
The outer conditions of a person's life will always be found to reflect their inner beliefs
The outer conditions of a person's life will always be found to reflect their inner beliefs
The imagination exercises a powerful influence over every act of sense, thought, reason, over every idea.
The imagination exercises a powerful influence over every act of sense, thought, reason, over every idea.
His faith, perhaps, in some nice tenets might
Be wrong; his life, I'm sure, was in the right.
His faith, perhaps, in some nice tenets might
Be wrong; his life, I'm sure, was in the right.
When faith is lost, when honor dies, the man is dead.
When faith is lost, when honor dies, the man is dead.
He who has faith has... an inward reservoir of courage, hope, confidence, calmness, and assuring trust that all will come read more
He who has faith has... an inward reservoir of courage, hope, confidence, calmness, and assuring trust that all will come out well - even though to the world it may appear to come out most badly.
To raise new questions, new possibilities, to regard old problems
from a new angle, requires creative imagination and marks read more
To raise new questions, new possibilities, to regard old problems
from a new angle, requires creative imagination and marks real
advance in science.