The quantity of civilization is measured by the quality of imagination.
Those who speak most of progress measure it by quantity and not by quality.
It is the quality of our work which will please God and not the quantity.
Everybody has their taste in noises as well as in other matters; and sounds are quite innoxious, or most distressing, by their sort rather than their quantity.
Quality is more important than quantity. One home run is much better than two doubles.
Things base and vile, holding no quantity, love can transpose to form and dignity.
The tears of the world are a constant quantity. For each one who begins to weep somewhere else another stops. The same is true of the laugh.
If we take in our hand any volume; of divinity or school metaphysics, for instance; let us ask, "Does it contain any abstract reasoning concerning quantity or number?" No. "Does it contain any experimental reasoning concerning matter of fact and existence?" No. Commit it then to the flames: for it can contain nothing but sophistry and illusion.
Education alone can conduct us to that enjoyment which is, at once, best in quality and infinite in quantity.