The Greeks said grandly in their tragic phrase, 'Let no one be called happy till his death;' to which I would add, 'Let no one, till his death, be called unhappy.'
~ Elizabeth Barrett Browning
You were made perfectly to be loved - and surely I have loved you, in the idea of you, my whole life long.
What is genius but the power of expressing a new individuality?
Earth's crammed with heaven, And every common bush afire with God: But only he who sees takes off his shoes.
An ignorance of means may minister to greatness, but an ignorance of aims make it impossible to be great at all.
If you desire faith, then you have faith enough.
