I have no doubt that it is part of the destiny of the human race in its gradual improvement, to leave off eating animals.

Nothing is so much to be feared as fear.

It is strange to talk of miracles, revelations, inspiration, and the like, as things past, while love remains.

As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler; solitude will not be solitude, poverty will not be poverty, nor weakness weakness.

Since all things are good, men fail at last to distinguish which is the bane and which the antidote.

They take great pride in making their dinner cost much; I take my pride in making my dinner cost so little.

A distinguished clergyman told me that he chose the profession of a clergyman because it afforded the most leisure for literary pursuits. I would recommend to him the profession of a governor.