Quote by Matthew Arnold
The need of expansion is as genuine an instinct in man as the need

The need of expansion is as genuine an instinct in man as the need in a plant for the light, or the need in man himself for going upright. The love of liberty is simply the instinct in man for expansion. – Matthew Arnold

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The true meaning of religion is thus, not simply morality, but morality touched by emotion. – Matthew Arnold

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Poetry is simply the most beautiful, impressive, and widely effective mode of saying things. – Matthew Arnold

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Today I have grown taller from walking with the trees. – Karl Baker

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When a bonsai stops growing, you know its dead. – Japanese Proverb

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Some people are molded by their admirations, others by their hostilities. – Elizabeth Bowen

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Spend in pure converse our eternal day;
Think each in each, immediately wise;
Learn all we lacked before; hear, know, and say
What this tumultuous body now denies;
And feel, who have laid our groping hands away;
And see, no longer blinded by our eyes. – Rupert Brooke

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