Even in civilized communities, the embryo man passes through the hunter stage of development.

Associate reverently, and as much as you can, with your loftiest thoughts.

I think that the farmer displaces the Indian even because he redeems the meadow, and so makes himself stronger and in some respects more natural.

Deep are the foundations of sincerity. Even stone walls have their foundation below the frost.

Solitude is not measured by the miles of space that intervene between a man and his fellows. The really diligent student in one of the crowded hives of Cambridge college is as solitary as a dervis in the desert.

The foul slime stands for the sloth and vice of man, the decay of humanity; the fragrant flower that springs from it, for the purity and courage which are immortal.

Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so. Aim above morality. Be not simply good; be good for something.