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That best portion of a man's life, his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and love.
William Wordsworth

That though the radiance which was once so bright be now forever taken from my sight. Though nothing can bring back the hour of splendor in the grass, glory in the flower. We will grieve not, rather find strength in what remains behind.
William Wordsworth

The best portion of a good man's life is his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love.
William Wordsworth

The child is father of the man.
William Wordsworth

The flower that smells the sweetest is shy and lowly.
William Wordsworth

The human mind is capable of excitement without the application of gross and violent stimulants; and he must have a very faint perception of its beauty and dignity who does not know this.
William Wordsworth

The mind that is wise mourns less for what age takes away; than what it leaves behind.
William Wordsworth

The ocean is a mighty harmonist.
William Wordsworth

The things which I have seen I now can see no more.
William Wordsworth

The world is too much with us; late and soon, getting and spending, we lay waste our powers: Little we see in Nature that is ours.
William Wordsworth

To begin, begin.
William Wordsworth

To me the meanest flower that blows can give thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears.
William Wordsworth

What is pride? A rocket that emulates the stars.
William Wordsworth

What we need is not the will to believe, but the wish to find out.
William Wordsworth

When from our better selves we have too long been parted by the hurrying world, and droop. Sick of its business, of its pleasures tired, how gracious, how benign in solitude.
William Wordsworth

Wisdom is oftentimes nearer when we stoop than when we soar.
William Wordsworth

With an eye made quiet by the power of harmony, and the deep power of joy, we see into the life of things.
William Wordsworth