Reason, alas, does not remove mountains. It only tries to walk around them, and see what is on the other side.

No leader, however great a personality he may be, is as important to a people as their own intellectual development.

Any relations in a social order will endure if there is infused into them some of that spirit of human sympathy, which qualifies life for immortality.

When steam first began to pump and wheels go round at so many revolutions per minute, what are called business habits were intended to make the life of man run in harmony with the steam engine, and his movement rival the train in punctuality.

Forgive me, Spirit of my spirit, for this, that I have found it easier to read the mystery told in tears and understood Thee better in sorrow than in joy.

We may fight against what is wrong, but if we allow ourselves to hate, that is to insure our spiritual defeat and our likeness to what we hate.

We are tired who follow after fantasy and truth that flies: You with only look and laughter stain our hearts with richest dyes.