Ideas without action are useless.

Be not dumb, obedient slaves in an army of destruction. Be heroes in an army of construction.

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

Words are the mind's wings, are they not?

For my part, I wish, with Mr. Howells, that the literature of the past might be purged of all that is ugly and barbarous in it, although I should object as much as any one to having these great works weakened or falsified.

Faith is the strength by which a shattered world shall emerge into the light.

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.