 To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury; and refinement rather than fashion; to be worthy, not respectable; and wealthy, not rich; to study hard, think quietly, talk gently, act frankly; to listen to stars and birds, to babes...  Plain Living and High Thinking: A New Year Homily - Page 29by Theodore Thornton Munger - 1897 - 61 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Maine - 1910 - 738 pages
...hard, think quietly, talk gently, act frankly ; to bear all cheerfully. Horace Melwyn Estabrooke, MA do all bravely, await occasions, hurry never — in a word, to let the best, unbidden and unconscious grow up through the common." This was the symphony of her life. In the... | |
 | Joe Mitchell Chapple - 1911 - 936 pages
...see. In such a moment I but ask That you'll remember me. Balfes Opera, "The Bohemian CirL' CHANNING'S SYMPHONY To live content with small means; to seek...heart; to bear all cheerfully, do all bravely, await occasion, hurry never; in a word, to let the spiritual, unbidden and unconscious grow up through the... | |
 | William Wallace Stetson - 1911 - 252 pages
...quickly, talk gently, act frankly ; to listen to stars and birds, to babes and sages with open hearts ; to bear all cheerfully, do all bravely, await occasions, hurry never — in a word, let the best, unbidden and unconscious, grow up through the common : this is to be my symphony. In... | |
 | 1919 - 424 pages
...his Symphony, when he said, "To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury; refinement rather than fashion; to be worthy, not...heart: to bear all cheerfully, do all bravely, await occasion, hurry never; in a word, to let the spiritual, unbidden and unconscious grow up through the... | |
 | Elbert Hubbard - 1920 - 76 pages
...talk gently, act frankly; to listen to stars and birds, to babes and sages, with open heart; to hear all cheerfully, do all bravely, await occasions, hurry never. In a word, to let the spiritual, unhidden and unconscious grow up through the common. This is to be my symphony. — WOKam Henry Charming... | |
 | James Henry Hawley - 1920 - 922 pages
...to study hard, think "' tallc Eentlv> act frankly; to listen to stars and birds, to babes and sages, heart; to bear all cheerfully, do all bravely, await occasions, hurry never. 'Vvord, to let the spiritual, unbidden and unconscious, grow up through the ANDREW RASMUSSON. «th... | |
 | Ernest Dudley Chase - 1926 - 396 pages
...fact that it probably was the forerunner of the second era of American greeting cards, we reprint : MY SYMPHONY To live content with small means . . to...occasions, hurry never ... in a word to let the spiritual, unhidden and unconscious, grow up through the common — this is to be my symphony. — William Henry... | |
 | William Gardiner - 1927 - 328 pages
...talk gently, act frankly; to listen to stars and birds, to babes and sages, with open heart; to hear all cheerfully, do all bravely await occasions, hurry never. In a word, to let the spiritual, unhidden and unconscious grow up through the common. This is to be my symphony.—William Henry Channing.... | |
 | George Jefferis Jordan - 1927 - 168 pages
...wealthy, not rich; to study hard, think quietly, talk gently, act frankly; to listen to stars and birds, babes and sages, with open heart; to bear all cheerfully, do all bravely, wait occasions, hurry never; in a word, to let the spiritual, unbidden and unconscious, grow up through... | |
 | Bertha Johnston, E. Lyell Earle - 1912 - 608 pages
...the children cannot exactly play with it, but they can watch for the boiling point and the bubbles. To live content with small means; to seek elegance...await occasions, hurry never — in a word, to let the best, unbidden and unconscious, grow up through the common; this is to be my symphony. — William... | |
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