Circumstances break men's bones; it has never been shown that they break men's optimism.

Nothing taken for granted; everything received with gratitude; everything passed on with grace.

Every man who will not have softening of the heart must at last have softening of the brain

A radical generally meant a man who thought he could somehow pull up the root without affecting the flower. A conservative generally meant a man who wanted to conserve everything except his own reason for conserving anything.

If man is not the image of God, then he is a disease of the dust.

. . . For friendship implies individuality; whereas comradeship really implies the temporary subordination, if not the temporary swamping of individuality. Friends are the better for being two; but comrades are the better for being two million.

Thoughts on the Merits of Work The worst of work nowadays is what happens to people when they cease to work.