Thomas Wentworth Higginson quotes

To be really cosmopolitan a man must be at home even in his own country. (Thomas Wentworth Higginson)
Great men are rarely isolated mountain peaks; they are the summits of ranges. View quote
Thomas Wentworth Higginson
What are Raphael's Madonnas but the shadow of a mother's love, fixed in permanent outline forever? View quote
Thomas Wentworth Higginson
When a thought takes one's breath away, a grammar lesson seems an impertinence. View quote
Thomas Wentworth Higginson
Originality is simply a pair of fresh eyes. View quote
Thomas Wentworth Higginson
The test of an author is not to be found merely in the number of his phrases that pass current in the corner of newspapers... but in the number of passages that have really taken root in younger minds. View quote
Thomas Wentworth Higginson
All... religions show the same disparity between belief and practice, and each is safe till it tries to exclude the rest. View quote
Thomas Wentworth Higginson
There is a noble and a base side to every history. View quote
Thomas Wentworth Higginson
Fields are won by those who believe in the winning. View quote
Thomas Wentworth Higginson
There is no defense against adverse fortune which is so effectual as an habitual sense of humor. View quote
Thomas Wentworth Higginson