Let me enjoy the earth no less
Because the all-enacting Might
That fashioned forth its loveliness
Had other aims than my delight. – Thomas Hardy
Like the British Constitution, she owes her success in practice to her inconsistencies in principle. – Thomas Hardy
Patience, that blending of moral courage with physical timidity. – Thomas Hardy
We travel together, passengers on a little spaceship, dependent on its vulnerable reserves of air and soil; all committed for our safety to its security and peace; preserved from annihilation only by the care, the work, and, I will say, the love we give our fragile craft. – Adlai Stevenson