If men are given food, but no chastisement nor any work, they become insolent.

We ought, so far as it lies within our power, to aspire to immortality, and do all that we can to live in conformity with the highest that is within us; for even if it is small in quantity, in power and preciousness, it far excels all the rest.

One may go wrong in many different ways, but right only in one, which is why it is easy to fail and difficult to succeed.

Love is the cause of unity in all things.

Whatsoever that be within us that feels, thinks, desires, and animates, is something celestial, divine, and, consequently, imperishable.

Happiness involves engagement in activities that promote one's highest potentials.

The heart is the perfection of the whole organism. Therefore the principles of the power of perception and the souls ability to nourish itself must lie in the heart.