Colors answer feeling in man; shapes answer thought; and motion answers will.
John Sterling

Instinct is intelligence incapable of self-consciousness.
John Sterling

Man is a substance clad in shadows.
John Sterling

Of all the tyrants the world affords, our own affections are the fiercest lords.
John Sterling

Pain has its own noble joy, when it starts a strong consciousness of life, from a stagnant one.
John Sterling

The worst education which teaches self-denial, is better than the best which teaches everything else, and not that.
John Sterling

There is no lie that a man will not believe; and there is no man who does not believe many lies; and there is no man who believes only lies.
John Sterling

Toil, feel, think, hope; you will be sure to dream enough before you die, without arranging for it.
John Sterling