“Is it not easy to conceive the World in your Mind? To think the Heavens fair? The Sun Glorious? The Earth fruitful? The Air Pleasant? The Sea Profitable? And the Giver bountiful? Yet these are the things which it is difficult to retain. For could we always be sensible of their use and value, we should be always delighted with their wealth and glory.” ThinkingWorldShouldMindUseEarthValuesHeavenEasyDifficultWealthSunAirSeaGloryFairsEnvironmentalPleasantGloriousSensibleProfitableGiverDelighted Book:Centuries of Meditations Source: Centuries of Meditations
“Beautiful thoughts flit across the brain, like butterflies in the sun's rays, and are as difficult to capture.” BeautifulDifficultBrainSunCaptureRaysButterflyLike A ButterflyBeautiful Thoughts Author:Anna Cora Mowatt
“The Warmth of Other Suns is a sweeping and yet deeply personal tale of America's hidden 20th century history - the long and difficult trek of Southern blacks to the northern and western cities. This is an epic for all Americans who want to understand the making of our modern nation.” WantLongAmericaNationsDifficultCitiesSunModernCenturyWesternTalesWarmthSouthernEpic20th CenturySweeping Author:Tom Brokaw