The still youthful energies of the globe have only to be directed in their proper channel.

There is something servile in the habit of seeking after a law which we may obey. We may study the laws of matter at and for our convenience, but a successful life knows no law.

Reform keeps many scores of newspapers in its service, but not one man.

When were the good and the brave ever in a majority?

Blessed are they who never read a newspaper, for they shall see Nature, and through her, God.

The ancient philosophers, Chinese, Hindu, Persian, and Greek, were a class than which none has been poorer in outward riches, none so rich inward.

I am still a learner, not a teacher, feeding somewhat omnivorously, browsing both stalk & leaves