Faith keeps many doubts in her pay. If I could not doubt, I should not believe.

Public opinion is a weak tyrant compared with our own private opinion.

There must be the... generating force of Love behind every effort destined to be successful.

Any moral philosophy is exceedingly rare. This of Menu addresses our privacy more than most. It is a more private and familiar, and at the same time, a more public and universal word, than is spoken in parlor or pulpit nowadays.

Shams and delusions are esteemed for soundest truths, while reality is fabulous. If men would steadily observe realities only, and not allow themselves to be deluded, life ... would be like a fairy tale and the Arabian Nights' Entertainments.

The very uprightness of the pines and maples asserts the ancient rectitude and vigor of nature. Our lives need the relief of such a background, where the pine flourishes and the jay still screams.

Insane!... Ask the tyrant who is his most dangerous foe, the sane man or the insane?