Sublimity is the echo of a noble mind.

Sublimity is the echo of a noble mind.

Measure your mind's height by the shade it casts.

Measure your mind's height by the shade it casts.

The mind once enlightened cannot again become dark.

The mind once enlightened cannot again become dark.

Old minds are like old horses; you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working order.

Old minds are like old horses; you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working order.

One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every
day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in read more

One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every
day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind.

I had rather believe all the fables in the Legends and the Talmud
and the Alcoran, than that this read more

I had rather believe all the fables in the Legends and the Talmud
and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a
mind.

And they come to Jesus, and see him that was possessed with the
devil, and had the legion, sittings, read more

And they come to Jesus, and see him that was possessed with the
devil, and had the legion, sittings, and clothed, and in his
right mind: and they were afraid.

Life has, indeed, many ills, but the mind that views every object in its most cheering aspect, and every doubtful read more

Life has, indeed, many ills, but the mind that views every object in its most cheering aspect, and every doubtful dispensation as replete with latent good, bears within itself a powerful and perpetual antidote.

I loathe the expression "What makes him tick." It is the American mind, looking for simple and singular solution, that read more

I loathe the expression "What makes him tick." It is the American mind, looking for simple and singular solution, that uses the foolish expression. A person not only ticks, he also chimes and strikes the hour, falls and breaks and has to be put together again, and sometimes stops like an electric clock in a thunderstorm.