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There is, however, a true Music of Nature,--the song of birds, the whisper of leaves, the ripple of waters upon a sandy shore, the wail of wind or sea.

In endless aspects science is as wonderful and interesting as a fairy tale.

In short, children should be trained to observe and to think, for in that way there would be opened out to them a source of the purest enjoyment for leisure hours, and the wisest judgment in the work of life.

Books, we know, are almost innumerable; our hours for reading are, alas! very few.

How thankful we ought to be for these inestimable blessings, for this numberless host of friends who never weary, betray, or forsake us!

In reading, however, it is most important to select subjects in which one is interested.

It is wonderful how much innocent happiness we thoughtlessly throw away.

To any lover of books the very mention of these names brings back a crowd of delicious memories, grateful recollections of peaceful home hours, after the labors and anxieties of the day.

The whole world seems richer now that I have found this plant in so noble a landscape.

After listening to it in all kinds of winds, night and day, season after season, I think I could approximate to my position on the mountains by this pine-music alone.

The most respectful deference is due to doubts originating in pure patriotism and sustained by venerated authority.

He who knows only his own side of the case, knows little of that

To refuse a hearing to an opinion, because they are sure that it is false, is to assume that their certainty is the same thing as absolute certainty.

No man can reveal to you aught but that which already lies half asleep in the dawning of your knowledge.

Say not, “I have found the truth,” but rather, “I have found a truth.”

We classify too much and enjoy too little.

Those who cannot feel the littleness of great things in themselves are apt to overlook the greatness of little things in others.

It is not always recognized that the work itself is a great educator, and that acute cleverness in the line of work to which he is fitted comes to the worker.

These possibilities of mental development are still further increased when the man makes his own records. This leads to closer attention, to more interest in the work, and to a realization of the man as to what the record really means, and what value it represents.

You must make up your mind to steady and earnest work. You must be content to get on slowly if you only get on thoroughly.

We especially need imagination in science. It is not all mathematics, nor all logic, but it is somewhat beauty and poetry.

He who experiments must, while doing so, divest himself of every preconception.

The fundamental principle of scientific pedagogy must be, indeed, the liberty of the pupil;--such liberty as shall permit a development of individual, spontaneous manifestations of the child's nature.

And yet, in spite of the opposition encountered, and the obstacles opposed to their acquisition of knowledge and their accumulation of property, the progress made by colored women along these lines has never been surpassed by that of any people in the history of the world.

One thing you can depend on people being…is people.