“It is the heart always that sees, before the head can see.”

“Go as far as you can see; when you get there, you'll be able to see further.”

“If you look deep enough you will see music; the heart of nature being everywhere music.”

“Our main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand. ”

“(Quoted by Thomas Carlyle) The rude man requires only to see something going on. The man of more refinement must be made to feel. The man of complete refinement must be made to reflect.”

“May blessings be upon the head of Cadmus, the Phoenicians, or whoever it was that invented books.”

“A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge.”