Sincerity is moral truth.

Literature is at once the cause and the effect of social progress.

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.

The magic of the pen lies in the concentration of your thoughts upon one object.

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

Ideas are forces; our acceptance of one determines our reception of others.

Many a genius has been slow of growth. Oaks that flourish for a thousand years do not spring up into beauty like a reed.