The world is full of hopeful analogies and handsome, dubious eggs, called possibilities.

Selfish— a judgment readily passed by those who have never tested their own power of sacrifice.

Of a truth, Knowledge is power, but it is a power reined by scruple, having a conscience of what must be and what may be. . . .

That by desiring what is perfectly good, even when we don't quite know what it is and cannot do what we would, we are part of the divine power against evil -- widening the skirts of light and making the struggle with darkness narrower.

If the past is not to bind us, where can duty lie? We should have no law but the inclination of the moment.

The responsibility of tolerance lies with those who have the wider vision.

No great deed is done by falterers who ask for certainty.