“ It is so small a thing to have enjoyed the sun, to have lived light in the spring, to have loved, to have thought, to have done. Matthew Arnold
“ But often, in the world's most crowded streets,But often, in the din of strife,There rises an unspeakable desireAfter the knowledge of our buried life;A thirst to spend our fire and restless forceIn t… Matthew Arnold
“ The true meaning of religion is thus, not simply morality, but morality touched by emotion. Matthew Arnold
“ The nice sense of measure is certainly not one of Nature's gifts to her English children ... we have all of us yielded to infatuation at some moment of our lives. Matthew Arnold
“ Weary of myself, and sick of asking What I am, and what I ought to be, At this vessel's prow I stand, which bears me Forwards, forwards, o'er the starlit sea. Matthew Arnold
“ Poetry is simply the most beautiful, impressive, and widely effective mode of saying things. Matthew Arnold
“ To have the sense of creative activity is the great happiness and the great proof of being alive. Matthew Arnold