“All the beautiful orders of architecture and creations of the pencil, all the conceptions of the beautiful in nature and art and humanity, are inventions extorted, as it were, from the mind to extend and increase the pleasures of sense.” MindArtBeautifulHumanityOrderPleasureCreationIncreaseArchitectureInventionConceptionPencilsNature And Art Book:Thoughts and things at home and abroad Source: Thoughts and things at home and abroad
“Our minds are like certain vehicles,--when they have little to carry they make much noise about it, but when heavily loaded they run quietly.” MindLittlesRunningCertainNoiseVehicleLoaded Author:Elihu Burritt
“Knowledge cannot be stolen from us. It cannot be bought or sold. We may be poor, and the sheriff may come and sell our furniture, or drive away our cow, or take our pet lamb, and leave us homeless and penniless; but he cannot lay the law's hand upon the jewelry of our minds.” MindMayHandsLawPoorKnowledgeSellsLaysPetCowsHomelessFurnitureStolenJewelryLambsSheriffs Author:Elihu Burritt
