“These old spoil tips are the most poetic hills in the country. The finest poets, musicians and singers of our nation have consecrated them in the depths of the earth.”

Original: Yr hen dips' yma yw y bryniau mwyaf barddonol yn y wlad! Y mae beirdd a cherddorion a chantorion goreu ein cenedl ni wedi bod yn cysegru'r rhai hyn yn nyfnderoedd y ddaear. — Finding poetry and music within the industrial landscape of the coalfields · Address, National Eisteddfod Merthyr proclamation, 1900 (Welsh)

• Beauty
• Music
• Poetry

“There is an unspeakable difference between religion having shaped a country and a country having shaped its religion.”

Original: Y mae gwahaniaeth annrhaethol rhwng crefydd wedi llunio gwlad, a gwlad wedi llunio crefydd. — Distinguishing principles that shape society from beliefs shaped for convenience · Sermon, Ceisio Teyrnas Dduw, July 1886 (Welsh)

• Faith
• Society
• Truth

“Pure rejoicing is pure health. Let us never destroy it.”

Original: Mae gorfoledd pur yn iechyd pur! Peidiwn a'i ladd er dim! — Celebrating wholehearted joy as something healthy and worth protecting · Sermon, Sul y Blodau, 31 March 1903 (Welsh)

• Health
• Hope
• Joy