Every situation — nay, every moment — is of infinite worth; for it is the representative of a whole eternity. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

A dim vastness is spread before our souls; the perceptions of our mind are as obscure as those of our vision... But alas! when we have attained our object, when the distant 'there' becomes the present 'here,' all is changed; we are as poor and circumscribed as ever, and our souls still languish for unattainable happiness.

Piety is not an end but a means to attain by the greatest peace of mind the highest degree of culture.

I was oppressed with the sensations I then felt; I sunk under the weight of them.