The term science means something quite different for our generation than it did not so many generations ago.

Health, power, riches, possessions and honor can be snatched from you, but your will is irrevocably your own.

We become like that which we love. If we love what is base, we become base; but if we love what is noble, we become noble.

Knowing belongs to man's intellect or reason; loving belongs to his will. The object of the intellect is truth; the object of the will is goodness or love.

All our anxieties relate to time.

Once a man ceases to be of service to his neighbor, he begins to be a burden to him.

There is a tendency among many shallow thinkers of our day to teach that every human act is a reflex, over which we do not exercise human control. They would rate a generous deed as no more praiseworthy than a wink, a crime as no more voluntary than a sneeze. . . Such a philosophy undercuts all human dignity. . . All of us have the power of choice in action at every moment of our lives.