“The heart should be cultivated with more assiduity than the head.”
“Nothing is more essential, than that permanent, inveterate antipathies against particular Nations, and passionate attachments for others, should be excluded; and that, in place of them, just and amicable feelings towards all should be cultivated.”
“One should assiduously pursue perfection without ever claiming to attain it.”
“An ounce of heart knowledge is worth more than a ton of head learning.”
“The creative person is both more primitive & more cultivated, more destructive, a lot madder & a lot saner, than the average person.”
“Friendship and domestic happiness are continually praised; yet how little is there of either in the world, because it requires more cultivation of mind to keep awake affection, even in our own hearts, than the common run of people suppose.”