Charles KingsleyThinkers

The Arts is able to conquer new-found lands, to conquer them by arts instead of arms.

Beauty is God's handwriting.

Cheerfulness is full of significance; it suggests good health, a clear conscience, and a soul at peace with all human nature.

The City is great -- by concentrating in one place, and upon one subject, men, genius, information, and wealth they can conquer new-found lands by arts instead of arms: they can beget new nations; and replenish and subdue the earth

The City is capable -- by concentrating men, genius, information, and wealth in one place and upon one subject — of conquering new-found lands by arts instead of arms.

Courage is a peculiar kind of fear.

Grandeur is based more on form, not size.

Love can make us fiends as well as angels.

Luxury is overrated — We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us really happy is something to be enthusiastic about.

Marriage is the life-long miracle, The self-begetting wonder, daily fresh.

Music is a sacred, a divine', a Godlike thing, and was given to man by Christ to lift our hearts up to God, and make us feel something of the glory and beauty of God, and of all which God has made.