“If the mind is wearied by study, or the body worn with sickness, It is well to lie fallow for a while, in the vacancy of sheer amusement; But when thou prosprest in health, and thine intellect can soar untired, To seek uninstructive pleasure is to slumber on the couch of indolence.” IfsMindWellsBodyLyingPleasureStudyIntellectSicknessWornSheerSoarAmusementCouchesSlumberIndolenceVacancy Author:Martin Farquhar Tupper
“We believe that man's value - as every creature's value, ultimately - lies not in the mere intellect but in the spirit: in the capacity to reflect that which, for lack of a more precise word, we choose to call “the divine,” i.e. that which is true and beautiful beyond all manifestation, that which remains timeless (and therefore unchangeable) within all changes.” MenBelieveBeautifulSpiritLyingValuesDivineCreaturesCapacityRemainsMereIntellectManifestationTimelessPreciseUnchangeable Book:The Lightning and the Sun Source: The Lightning and the Sun