John Sullivan Dwight



John Sullivan Dwight (13 May 1813 – 5 September 1893) was a Unitarian minister, transcendentalist and was America's first influential classical music critic.

Quotes

 * Work, and thou wilt bless the day Ere the toil be done; They that work not, can not pray, Can not feel the sun. God is living, working still, All things work and move; Work, or lose the power to will, Lose the power to love.
 * Working.

Rest
Note: This poem is often attributed to Goethe.


 * Is not true leisure One with true toil?
 * Stanza 1. Compare: "Absence of occupation is not rest", William Cowper, Retirement, line 623.


 * Rest is not quitting The busy career, Rest is the fitting Of self to one's sphere.
 * Stanza 4.


 * 'T is the brook's motion, Clear without strife, Fleeing to ocean After its life.
 * Stanza 5.


 * 'T is loving and serving The Highest and Best! 'T is onwards! unswerving, And that is true rest.
 * Stanza 7.