Faith is a fine invention
For gentlemen who see;
But Microscopes are prudent
In read more

Faith is a fine invention
For gentlemen who see;
But Microscopes are prudent
In an emergency.

Sometimes a noble failure serves the world as faithfully as a distinguished success.

Sometimes a noble failure serves the world as faithfully as a distinguished success.

Our imagination is stretched to the utmost, not, as in fiction, to imagine things which are not really there, but read more

Our imagination is stretched to the utmost, not, as in fiction, to imagine things which are not really there, but just to comprehend those things which 'are' there.

If you can't have faith in what is held up to you for faith, you must find things to believe read more

If you can't have faith in what is held up to you for faith, you must find things to believe in yourself, for a life without faith in something is too narrow a space to live.

If my mind can conceive it, and my heart can believe it, I know I can achieve it.

If my mind can conceive it, and my heart can believe it, I know I can achieve it.

Thou hast the keys of Paradise, O just, subtle, and mighty opium!

Thou hast the keys of Paradise, O just, subtle, and mighty opium!

Do not quench your inspiration and your imagination; do not become the slave of your model.

Do not quench your inspiration and your imagination; do not become the slave of your model.

The belief that there is only one truth, and that oneself is in possession of it, is the root of read more

The belief that there is only one truth, and that oneself is in possession of it, is the root of all evil in the world

There are no rules of architecture for a castle in the clouds.

There are no rules of architecture for a castle in the clouds.