When we walk, we naturally go to the fields and woods: what would become of us, if we walked only in a garden or a mall?

We perceive that the schemers return again and again to common sense and labor. Such is the evidence of history.

As for the tenets of the Brahmans, we are not so much concerned to know what doctrines they held, as that they were held by any. We can tolerate all philosophies.... It is the attitude of these men, more than any communication which they make, that attracts us.

Be wary of technology; it is often merely an improved means to an unimproved end.

The schools begin with what they call the elements, and where do they end?

You can hardly convince a man of error in a life-time, but must content yourself with the reflection that the progress of science is slow. If he is not convinced, his grand-children may be. The geologists tell us that it took one hundred years to prove that fossils are organic, and one hundred and fifty more, to prove that they are not to be referred to the Noachian deluge.

Some are reputed sick and some are not. It often happens that the sicker man is the nurse to the sounder.