A man's bewilderment is the measure of his wisdom.

- Nathaniel Hawthorne

There is evil in every human heart, which may remain latent, perhaps, through the whole of life; but circumstances may rouse it to activity.

- Nathaniel Hawthorne

Men of cold passions have quick eyes.

- Nathaniel Hawthorne

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows ho…

- Nathaniel Hawthorne

Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.

- Nathaniel Hawthorne

Happiness is not found in things you possess, but in what you have the courage to release.

- Nathaniel Hawthorne

Every individual has a place to fill in the world and is important in some respect whether he chooses to be so or not.

- Nathaniel Hawthorne

Time flies over us, but leaves its shadow behind.

- Nathaniel Hawthorne

The thing you set your mind on is the thing you ultimately become.

- Nathaniel Hawthorne