Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

"The love of learning, the sequestered nooks,And all the sweet serenity of books"

"Art is the child of nature in whom we trace the features of the mothers face."

"“Ships that pass in the night, and speak each other in passing,Only a signal shown and a distant voice in the darkness;So on the ocean of life, we pass and speak one another,Only a look and a voice, then darkness again and a silence.”"

"“If you would hit the mark, you must aim a little above it;Every arrow that flies feels the attraction of earth.”"

"“A Psalm of Life Tell me not in mournful numbers,Life is but an empty dream!For the soul is dead that slumbers,And things are not what they seem. Life is real! Life is earnest!And the grave is not its goal;Dust thou are, to dust thou returnest,Was not spoken of the soul. Not enjoyment, and not sorrow,Is our destined end or way;But to act, that each tomorrow Find us farther than today. Art is long, and Time is fleeting,And our hearts, though stout and brave,Still, like muffled drums, are beating Funeral marches to the grave. In the world's broad field of battle,In the bivouac of Life,Be not like dumb, driven cattle!Be a hero in the strife!Trust no Future, howe'er pleasant!Let the dead Past bury its dead!Act, - act in the living Present!Heart within, and God o'erhead!Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime,And, departing, leave behind us Footprintson the sand of time;Footprints, that perhaps another,Sailing o'er life's solenm main,A forlorn and shipwrecked brother,Seeing, shall take heart again. Let us then be up and doing,With a heart for any fate;Still achieving, still pursuing,Learn to labor and to wait.”"

"“And in despair I bowed my head;There is no peace on earth, I said;For hate is strong,And mocks the song Of peace on earth, good-will to men!Then pealed the bells more loud and deep:God is not dead, nor doth he sleep!The Wrong shall fail,the Right prevail,With peace on earth, good-will to men!”"

"“Be still, sad heart! and cease repining;Behind the clouds is the sun still shining;Thy fate is the common fate of all,Into each life some rain must fall”"

"“Music is the universal language of mankind.”"

"Thought takes man out of servitude, into freedom."

"All things must change to something new, to something strange."

"Men of genius are often dull and inert in society; as the blazing meteor, when it descends to earth, is only a stone."

"The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do well, and doing well whatever you do without thought of fame. If it comes at all it will come because it is deserved, not because it is sought after."

"Ships that pass in the night, and speak each other in passing, only a signal shown, and a distant voice in the darkness; So on the ocean of life, we pass and speak one another, only a look and a voice, then darkness again and a silence."

"Into each life some rain must fall."

"Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad."

"Therefore trust to thy heart, and to what the world calls illusions."

"The heights by great men reached and kept were not attained by sudden flight, but they, while their companions slept, were toiling upward in the night."

"Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody."

"There are moments in life, when the heart is so full of emotion That if by chance it be shaken, or into its depths like a pebble Drops some careless word, it overflows, and its secret, Spilt on the ground like water, can never be gathered together."

"If we could read the secret history of our enemies we should find in each man's life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility."