Howard Mumford Jones Inspirational Quotes (5)

The incessant struggle of the mind to be true to itself, to absorb new truths, to grow, to overcome pressures--these are the painful portion of the independent thinker. Almost his sole reward is the satisfaction of integrity.

If the equality of individuals and the dignity of man be myths, they are myths to which the republic is committed.

Except to heaven, she is nought Except for angels, lone Except to some wide-wandering bee, A flower superfluous blown Except for winds, provincial Except by butterflies, Unnoticed as a single dew That on the acre lies

Ours is the age which is proud of machines that think and suspicious of men who try to.

Emerson then incarnated the moral optimism, the progress, and the energy of the American spirit.