The English literary movement at the end of the 18th century was obviously due in great part, if not mainly, to the renewed practice of walking.

Every man who says frankly and fully what he thinks is doing a public service.

The division between faith and reason is a half-measure, till it is frankly admitted that faith has to do with fiction, and reason with fact.

He who sees only what is before his eyes sees the worst part of every view.

The only way in which one human being can properly attempt to influence another is by encouraging him to think for himself, instead of endeavoring to instill ready-made opinions into his head.

The poet should touch our heart by showing his own

Walking is the natural recreation for a man who desires not absolutely to suppress his intellect but to turn it out to play for a season.

Chance is a name for our ignorance.

I believe that the ascent of mountains forms an essential chapter in the complete duty of man, and that it is wrong to leave any district without setting foot on its highest peak.

The truth cannot be asserted without denouncing the falsehood.

If you wish at once to do nothing and be respectable nowadays, the best pretext is to be at work on some profound study.

As every thread of gold is valuable so is every moment of time.

The world’s not so simple anymore, I guess it never was. We ignored it, now we can’t.

Ten minutes can be a long time when you're waiting with a beating heart for something you don't understand, something you don't really want to know.

We are becoming so accustomed to millions and billions of dollars that 'thousands' has almost passed out of the dictionary.

This is one of the toughest divisions and I’m going to be champion.

There are so many laws that no one is safe from hanging.

To love is to be in communion with the other and to discover in that other the spark of God.

A primary task of management in the developed countries in the decades ahead will be to make knowledge productive.

Never underestimate a parent's ability to mortify his child.

A library represents the mind of its collector, fancies and foibles, strengths and weaknesses, prejudices and preferences.