Strong men can always afford to be gentle. Only the weak are intent on giving as good as they get.

We awaken in others the same attitude of mind we hold toward them.

It does not make much difference what a person studies-all knowledge is related, and the man who studies anything, if he keeps at it, will be learned.

If there is any better way to teach virtue than by practicing it, I do not know it.

Morality is the thing upon which your friends smile, and immorality is the thing upon which they frown

The man who craves disciples and wants followers is always more or less of a charlatan. The man of genuine worth and insight wants to be himself; and he wants others to be themselves, also.

Every man who speaks out loud and clear is tinting the "Zeitgeist." Every man who expresses what he honestly thinks is true is changing the Spirit of the Times. Thinkers help other people to think, for they formulate what others are thinking. No person writes or thinks alone--thought is in the air, but its expression is necessary to create a tangible Spirit of the Times.