But man, being, as I have said, essentially an active being, he must find in activity his joy, as well as his duty and glory. And labor, like everyth… - Edwin Percy Whipple

No education deserves the name, unless it develops thought,—unless it pierces down to the mysterious spiritual principle of mind, and starts that into activity and growth.

Irony is an insult conveyed in the form of a compliment.

A clear objective perception of facts, and the laws and principles which inhere in facts, is a moral, no less than a mental quality. It implies a purification of the character from egotism and pride of opinion, a rare union of humility of feeling with audacity of thought, and, above all, the triumph of a sincere love of objective truth over the desire to exalt a subjective self.