Certainly it is one of our sweetest experiences that when we are touched by some noble affection or pure joy, we remember the dead most tenderly, and feel more powerfully drawn to them.

Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.

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.

I am thankful that in a troubled world no calamity can prevent the return of spring.

We differ, blind and seeing, one from another, not in our senses, but in the use we make of them, in the imagination and courage with which we seek wisdom beyond all senses.

The human being is born with an incurable capacity for making the best of things.

We should not think of conversion as the acceptance of a particular creed, but as a change of heart.