Superstition moulds nature into an arbitrary semblance of the supernatural, and then bows down to the work of its own hands. John Sterling More Quotes by John Sterling More Quotes From John Sterling Instinct is intelligence incapable of self-consciousness. John Sterling natural-instinct intuition self A man without earnestness is a mournful and perplexing spectacle. But it is a consolation to believe, as we must of such a one, that he is the most effectual and compulsive of all schools. John Sterling men believe school Colors answer feeling in man; shapes answer thought; and motion answers will. John Sterling color feelings men Like earth, awake, and warm, and bright John Sterling light joy moving One dupe is as impossible as one twin. John Sterling dupes duplicity impossible You just cant predict baseball John Sterling cant baseball Compliments are only lies in court clothes. John Sterling clothes lying compliment Every man's follies are the caricature resemblances of his wisdom. John Sterling caricatures folly men Language. By this we build pyramids, fight battles, ordain and administer laws, shape and teach religion, and knit man to man, cultivate each other, and ourselves. John Sterling fighting law men Poetry is in itself strength and joy, whether it be crowned by all mankind, or left alone in its own magic hermitage. John Sterling magic poetry joy Repentance clothes in grass and flowers the grave in which the past is laid. John Sterling clothes flower past Speech is as a pump, by which we raise and pour out the water from the great lake of Thought,--whither it flows back again. John Sterling speech lakes water An unproductive truth is none. But there are products which cannot be weighed even in patent scales, nor brought to market. John Sterling scales patents truth Knowledge, or more expressively truth,--for knowledge is truth received into our intelligence,--truth is an ideal whole. John Sterling ideals truth-is truth Be busy in trading, receiving, and giving, for life is too good to be wasted in living. John Sterling receiving life-is giving I could honor Carmen Electra. I think she's beautiful. John Sterling honor beautiful thinking Every fancy that we would substitute for a reality is, if we saw aright, and saw the whole, not only false, but every way less beautiful and excellent than that which we sacrifice to it. John Sterling sacrifice beautiful reality Faith in a better than that which appears is no less required by art than by religion. John Sterling faith art Toil, feel, think, hope; you will be sure to dream enough before you die, without arranging for it. John Sterling toil dream thinking There is no lie that a man will not believe; and there is no man who does not believe many lies; and there is no man who believes only lies. John Sterling men believe lying
