Grander world Quotes

“There is one spectacle grander than the sea, that is the sky; there is one spectacle grander than the sky, that is the interior of the soul.”

“But I do not doubt that it is beneficial sometimes to contemplate in the mind, as in a picture, the image of a grander and better world; for if the mind grows used to the trivia of daily life, it may dwindle too much and decline altogether into worthless thoughts.”

“Is it true that man was once perfectly pure and innocent, and that he became degenerate by disobedience? No. The real truth is, and the history of man shows, that he has advanced. Events, like the pendulum of a clock have swung forward and backward, but after all, man, like the hands, has gone steadily on. Man is growing grander. He is not degenerating. Nations and individuals fail and die, and make room for higher forms. The intellectual horizon of the world widens as the centuries pass. Ideals grow grander and purer; the difference between justice and mercy becomes less and less; liberty enlarges, and love intensifies as the years sweep on. The ages of force and fear, of cruelty and wrong, are behind us and the real Eden is beyond. It is said that a desire for knowledge lost us the Eden of the past; but whether that is true or not, it will certainly give us the Eden of the future.”

“What is grander than a country and more valuable than gold? Strength of heart.”

“What a grand thing to be loved! What a grander thing still to lovel”

“What a grand thing, to be loved! What a grander thing still, to love!”

“It feels good to read book. But it is grander to write book.”

“It feels good to read book. But it is grander to write a book.”

“What I've learned about writing is that sometimes less is more, while often more is grander. And both are true.”

“I have a higher and grander standard of principle than George Washington. He could not lie; I can, but I won't.”