Quotes by Chapman, John Jay

Our goodness comes solely from thinking on goodness; our wickedness fr >>

Everybody in America is soft, and hates conflict. The cure for this, b >>

People who love soft methods and hate iniquity forget this, -- that re >>

Quotations about Vision

The best vision is insight. >>

I have seen gleams in the face and eyes of the man that have let you l >>

To be a star, you must shine your own light, follow your own path, and >>

The world values the seer above all men, and has always done so. Nay, it values all men in proportion as they partake of the character of seers. The Elgin Marbles and a decision of John Marshall are valued for the same reason. What we feel in them is a painstaking submission to facts beyond the author's control, and to ideas imposed upon him by his vision. So with Beethoven's Symphonies, with Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations -- with any conceivable output of the human mind of which you approve. You love them because you say, These things were not made, they were seen.

Chapman, John Jay