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 and sages, with open heart; To bear
all cheerfully, Do all bravely, Await occasions, Hurry never.
In a word, to let the spiritual, unbidden and unconscious, grow up through
the common ~ This is to be my symphony."
~William Ellery Channing
