Instinct is intelligence incapable of self-consciousness. – John Sterling
Colors answer feeling in man; shapes answer thought; and motion answers will. – John Sterling

Instinct is intelligence incapable of self-consciousness. – John Sterling
Colors answer feeling in man; shapes answer thought; and motion answers will. – John Sterling
Emotion turning back on itself, and not leading on to thought or action, is the element of madness. – John Sterling
The worst education which teaches self-denial, is better than the best which teaches everything else, and not that. – John Sterling
Nevertheless, a maxim does not necessarily become a proverb. Many grubs never grow to butterflies; and a maxim is only a proverb in its caterpillar stage—a candidate for a wider sphere and longer flight than most are destined to attain. – “Proverbs Secular and Sacred,” The North British Review, February 1858