I never fight, except against difficulties.

This great republic is a mockery of freedom as long as you are doomed to dig and sweat to earn a miserable living while the masters enjoy the fruit of your toil.

It is not possible for civilization to flow backwards while there is youth in the world. Youth may be headstrong, but it will advance it allotted length.

The best educated human being is the one who understands most about the life in which he is placed.

We are never really happy until we try to brighten the lives of others.

I am conscious of a soul-sense that lifts me above the narrow, cramping circumstances of my life. My physical limitations are forgotten- my world lies upward, the length and the breadth and the sweep of the heavens are mine!

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