It is hard to interest those who have everything in those who have nothing.

The power of effecting changes for the better is within ourselves, not in the favorableness of circumstances.

People are too prone to think that the actual is the limit of possibility. They believe that all that has been done is all that can be done.

Now, however, I see the folly of attempting to hitch one's wagon to a star with a harness that does not belong to it.

Only in quietness do we possess our own minds and discover the resources of the Inner Life.

...our enjoyment of the great works of literature depends more upon the depth of our sympathy than upon our understanding.

Many of us delude ourselves with the thought that if we could stand in the lot of our more fortunate neighbor, we could live better, happier and more useful lives. ... It is my experience that unless we can succeed in our present position, we could not succeed in any other.