Give all to love; Obey thy heart; Friends, kindred, days, Estate, good-fame, Plans, credit and the Muse,— Nothing refuse. ’T is a brave master; Let it have scope: Follow it utterly, Hope beyond hope: High and more high It dives… Give All To Love
The key to every man is his thought. Sturdy and defying though he look, he has a helm which he obeys, which is the idea after which all his facts are classified. He can only be reformed by showing him… The Self-Evolving Circle
He knows no change who knows the true, And on it keeps his eye, Who always still the unseen doth view; Only the false and the apparent die. Things change, but change not far From what they are not but… He Knows No Change
And yet the compensations of calamity are made apparent to the understanding also, after long intervals of time. A fever, a mutilation, a cruel disappointment, a loss of wealth, a loss of friends, seems at the moment unpaid loss, and… Compensations and Calamity
There is a vale which none hath seen, Where foot of man has never been, Such as here lives with toil and strife, An anxious and a sinful life. There every virtue has its birth, Ere it descends upon the… Rumours from and Aeolian Harp
Will and Desire lie at the doors of Meditation and Concentration. If we desire truth with the same intensity that we had formerly wished for success, money, or gratification, we will speedily acquire meditation and possess concentration. If we do… Will and Desire
I do not despise you, priests;My faith is the greatest of faiths, and the least of faiths,Enclosing worship ancient and modern, and all between ancient and modern,Believing I shall come again upon the earth after five thousand years,Waiting responses from… After Five Thousand Years
As it is important to consider Nature from the point of view of science remembering nomenclature and system of men, and so, if possible, go a step further in that direction, so it is equally important often to ignore or… Nature Study
Moral reform is the effort to throw off sleep. Why is it that men give so poor an account of their day if they have not been slumbering? They are not such poor calculators. If they had not been overcome… Infinite Expectation of the Dawn
We are all discerners of spirits. That diagnosis lies aloft in our life or unconscious power. The intercourse of society, its trade, its religion, its friendships, its quarrels, is one wide, judicial investigation of character. In full court, or in… Judge Thyself
The mind is one, and the best minds, who love truth for its own sake, think much less of property in truth. They accept it thankfully everywhere, and do not label or stamp it with any man’s name, for it… Jove Behind Each of Us
I tramp a perpetual journey, (come listen all!) . . . Not I, not any one else can travel that road for you, You must travel it for yourself. . . . This day before dawn I ascended a hill… A Perpetual Journey