understanding Quotes

The Artist is he who detects and applies the law from observation of the works of Genius, whether of man or Nature. The Artisan is he who merely applies the rules which others have detected.

Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves.

Books are to be distinguished by the grandeur of their topics even more than by the manner in which they are treated.

It is an interesting question how far men would retain their relative rank if they were divested of their clothes.

There is no just and serene criticism as yet.

Through our own recovered innocence we discern the innocence of our neighbors.

Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they make the latitudes and longitudes.

I have seen how the foundations of the world are laid, and I have not the least doubt that it will stand a good while.

We are always paid for our suspicion by finding what we suspect.

There is no rule more invariable than that we are paid for our suspicions by finding what we suspect.