Without earnestness no man is ever great, or does really great things. He may be the cleverest of men; he may be brilliant, entertaining, popular; but he will want weight. No soul-moving picture was ever painted that had not in… — Peter Bayne Copy Share Image
The wild force of genius has often been fated by Nature to be finally overcome by quiet strength. The volcano sends up its red… — Peter Bayne Copy Share Image
The finite mind does not require to grasp the infinitude of truth, but only to go forward from light to light — Peter Bayne Copy Share Image
Those who refuse the long drudgery of thought, and think with the heart rather than the head, are ever the most fiercely dogmatic in… — Peter Bayne Copy Share Image
Without earnestness no man is ever great, or does really great things. He may be the cleverest of men; he may be brilliant, entertaining,… — Peter Bayne Copy Share Image
The day that witnesses the conversion of our ministers into political and philosophical speculators or scientific lecturers, will witness the final decay of clerical… — Peter Bayne Copy Share Image
