Colors answer feeling in man; shapes answer thought; and motion answers will. — John Sterling Copy Share Image
A man without earnestness is a mournful and perplexing spectacle. But it is a consolation to believe, as we must of such… — John Sterling Copy Share Image
Color, in the outward world, answers to feeling in man; shape, to thought; motion, to will. The dawn of day is the… — John Sterling Copy Share Image
There is no lie that a man will not believe; and there is no man who does not believe many lies; and… — John Sterling Copy Share Image
Language. By this we build pyramids, fight battles, ordain and administer laws, shape and teach religion, and knit man to man, cultivate… — John Sterling Copy Share Image
Modern education too often covers the fingers with rings, and at the same time cuts the sinews at the wrist. — John Sterling Copy Share Image
Like earth, awake, and warm, and bright With joy the spirit moves and burns; So up to thee! O Fount of Light! Our light… — John Sterling Copy Share Image
Knowledge, or more expressively truth,--for knowledge is truth received into our intelligence,--truth is an ideal whole. — John Sterling Copy Share Image
Of all the tyrants the world affords, our own affections are the fiercest lords. — John Sterling Copy Share Image
Toil, feel, think, hope; you will be sure to dream enough before you die, without arranging for it. — John Sterling Copy Share Image
The worst education which teaches self-denial, is better than the best which teaches everything else, and not that. — John Sterling Copy Share Image
Be busy in trading, receiving, and giving, for life is too good to be wasted in living. — John Sterling Copy Share Image