The unwilling mind is not a teachable mind.

Subject the material world to the higher ends by understanding it in all its relations to daily life and action.

A political place with no power, only influence, is not to my taste.

...all enjoyment is dependent upon the frailty of human life and human desires ... if we were to have all we want and to live forever, all enjoyment would be gone.

Work is a sovereign remedy for all ills, and a man who loves to work will never be unhappy.

We never can tell how our lives may work to the account of the general good, and we are not wise enough to know if we have fulfilled our mission or not.

The unwilling mind is not a teachable mind.