It is not true that a man can believe or disbelieve what he will. But it is certain that an active desire to find any proposition true will unconsciously tend to that result by dismissing importunate suggestions which run counter to the belief, and welcoming those which favor it. The psychological law, that we only see what interests us, and only assimilate what is adapted to our condition, causes the mind to select its evidence.

There are many justifications of silence; there can be none of insincerity.

The real people of genius were resolute workers not idle dreamers.

Philosophy and Art both render the invisible visible by imagination.

In complex trains of thought signs are indispensable.

Vehemence without feeling is but rant.

In all sincere speech there is power, not necessarily great power, but as much as the speaker is capable of.