Children are God's Apostles, sent forth, day by day, to preach of love, and hope, and peace. James Russell Lowell on hope
Solitude is as needful to the imagination as society is wholesome for the character. James Russell Lowell on imagination
To educate the intelligence is to expand the horizon of its wants and desires. James Russell Lowell on intelligence
Thank God every morning when you get up that you have something to do that day, which must be done, whether you like it or not. James Russell Lowell on morning
Endurance is the crowning quality, And patience all the passion of great hearts. James Russell Lowell on patience
Children are God's Apostles, sent forth, day by day, to preach of love, and hope, and peace. James Russell Lowell on peace
Poetry is something to make us wiser and better, by continually revealing those types of beauty and truth, which God has set in all men's souls. James Russell Lowell on poetry
Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof it is temporary expedient, often wise in party politics, almost sure to be unwise in statesmanship. James Russell Lowell on politics
Usually when people are sad, they don't do anything. They just cry over their condition. But when they get angry, they bring about a change. James Russell Lowell on sad
Solitude is as needful to the imagination as society is wholesome for the character. James Russell Lowell on society
Truth forever on the scaffold, wrong forever on the throne. James Russell Lowell on truth
Poetry is something to make us wiser and better, by continually revealing those types of beauty and truth, which God has set in all men's souls. James Russell Lowell on truth
The greatest homage we can pay to truth, is to use it. James Russell Lowell on truth
Once to every person and nation come the moment to decide. In the conflict of truth with falsehood, for the good or evil side. James Russell Lowell on truth
Death is delightful. Death is dawn, The waking from a weary night Of fevers unto truth and light. James Russell Lowell on truth
Truth, after all, wears a different face to everybody, and it would be too tedious to wait till all were agreed. James Russell Lowell on truth
On one issue at least, men and women agree they both distrust women. James Russell Lowell on women
Every person born into this world their work is born with them. James Russell Lowell on work