Triumphal arch, that fill'st the sky When storms prepare to part, I ask not proud Philosophy To teach me what thou art. Thomas Campbell More Quotes by Thomas Campbell More Quotes From Thomas Campbell Love! the surviving gift of Heaven, The choicest sweet of Paradise, In life's else bitter cup distilled. Thomas Campbell sweetloveheaven The only thing that is fundamental (real) is consciousness itself; all else is virtual- i.e., a result of an exchange of information within consciousness. Thomas Campbell informationrealfundamentals One moment may with bliss repay Unnumbered hours of pain. Thomas Campbell painmayhappiness Never wedding, ever wooing, Still a lovelorn heart pursuing, Read you not the wrong you're doing In my cheek's pale hue? All my life with sorrow strewing; Wed or cease to woo. Thomas Campbell huesorrowheart Our land, the first garden of liberty's tree-- It has been, and shall be, the land of the free. Thomas Campbell gardenlandtree The being level speaks the language of art, music, color shape and pattern directly -- a language that requires no words -- is not limited by words -- nor does it have the specificity of words and thus cannot be broken onto parts that can be manipulated or analyzed by the intellect. It must be swallowed, whole not parsed, sorted and justified. Thomas Campbell colorbrokenart O star-eyed Science, hast thou wander'd there, To waft us home the message of despair? Thomas Campbell starshomescience Whose lines are mottoes of the heart,Whose truths electrify the sage. Thomas Campbell sagelinesheart His faithful dog salutes the smiling guest. Thomas Campbell faithfulguestsdog Oh, how hard it is to find The one just suited to our mind! Thomas Campbell hardmindjustice Better be courted and jilted Than never be courted at all. Thomas Campbell jiltedwooing A stoic of the woods,--a man without a tear. Thomas Campbell woodstearsmen For Beauty's tears are lovelier than her smile. Thomas Campbell her-smilesmiletears The prophet's mantle, ere his flight began, Dropt on the world--a sacred gift to man. Thomas Campbell sacredmenworld For there no yew nor cypress spread their glom But roses blossom'd each rustic tomb. Thomas Campbell yewcypressesrose But sad as angels for the good man's sin, Weep to record, and blush to give it in. Thomas Campbell angelgivingmen I'll meet the raging of the skies, but not an angry father. Thomas Campbell rageskyfather An original something, dear maid, you would wish me to write; but how shall I begin? For I'm sure I have not original in me, Excepting Original Sin. Thomas Campbell maidswishwriting Fundamental assumptions in general and scientific assumptions in particular are so hard to overturn because they are based on belief. Beliefs are so hard to overcome because they are irrational and therefore do not yield to logical argument. Thomas Campbell logical-argumentsyieldovercoming Where the Scriptures speak, we speak; where the Scriptures are silent, we are silent. Thomas Campbell scripturesilentspeak
