The only faith that wears well and holds its color in all weathers is that which is woven of conviction and set with the sharp mordant of experience. – James Russell Lowell
Let us be of good cheer, however, remembering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never come. – James Russell Lowell
All the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action. – James Russell Lowell
Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof; it is temporary expedient, often wise in party politics, almost sure to be unwise in statesmanship. – James Russell Lowell
Democracy is the form of government that gives every man the right to be his own oppressor. – James Russell Lowell
Solitude is as needful to the imagination as society is wholesome for the character. – James Russell Lowell
The mind can weave itself warmly in the cocoon of its own thoughts, and dwell a hermit anywhere. – James Russell Lowell
Books are the bees which carry the quickening pollen from one to another mind. – James Russell Lowell
Death is delightful. Death is dawn, The waking from a weary night Of fevers unto truth and light. – James Russell Lowell
There is nothing so desperately monotonous as the sea, and I no longer wonder at the cruelty of pirates. – James Russell Lowell
There is no good in arguing with the inevitable. The only argument available with an east wind is to put on your overcoat. – James Russell Lowell
Blessed are they who have nothing to say and who cannot be persuaded to say it. – James Russell Lowell
Thank God every morning when you get up that you have something to do that day, which must be done, whether you like it or not. – James Russell Lowell
In creating, the only hard thing is to begin: a grass blade’s no easier to make than an oak. – James Russell Lowell
True scholarship consists in knowing not what things exist, but what they mean; it is not memory but judgment. – James Russell Lowell
An appeal to the reason of the people has never been known to fail in the long run. – James Russell Lowell
Usually when people are sad, they don’t do anything. They just cry over their condition. But when they get angry, they bring about a change. – James Russell Lowell
Truth, after all, wears a different face to everybody, and it would be too tedious to wait till all were agreed. – James Russell Lowell
Endurance is the crowning quality, And patience all the passion of great hearts. – James Russell Lowell
