It does not appear to me to be open to question that there is in the soul of man a nature and an order obtaining in it as permanent and universal as in the material world. George Edward Woodberry manmaterialnature Change image and share on social
A writer is justly called 'universal' when he is understood within the limits of his civilization, though that be bounded by a country or an age. George Edward Woodberry ageboundcall Change image and share on social
Left to themselves, things tend to go from bad to worse. Murphy's First Corollary If you tell the boss you were late for work because you had a flat tire, the next morning you will have a flat tire. George Edward Woodberry badbadlybos Change image and share on social
If the aristocracy of the whole white race is so to melt in a world of the colored races of the Earth, I for one should only rejoice in such a divine triumph of the sacrificial idea in history; for it would mean the humanization of mankind. George Edward Woodberry aristocracycoloredivine share on social
The critic is genius at one remove; he is not unlike an actor on the stage, and incarnates in his mind, as the actor embodies in his person, another's work; only thus does he understand art, realize it, know it; and having arrived at this, his task is done. George Edward Woodberry actorarriveart share on social
I believe that ideal character in its perfection is potentially in every man who is born into the world. George Edward Woodberry bearcharacterideal Change image and share on social
A nation's poets are its true owners; and by the stroke of the pen they convey the title-deeds of its real possessions to strangers and aliens. George Edward Woodberry alienconveydeed Change image and share on social
My first recollection of hearing Wendell Phillips is from my college days, though of course he was always one of my heroes, and I may have heard him before, for we were an anti-slavery family. George Edward Woodberry anticollegeday Change image and share on social
Genius is that in which the soul of a race bums at its brightest, revealing and preserving its vision; works of art are great and significant in proportion to the clarity and fulness with which they incarnate this vision. George Edward Woodberry artbrightbum share on social
Mankind is the grandest and surest artist of all, and history as it clarifies is, in pure fact, an artistic process, a creation in its fullness of the beautiful soul. George Edward Woodberry artistartisticbeautiful Change image and share on social
