In my cheapest moments I am apt to think that it is n't my business to be "seeking the spirit," but as much its business to be seeking me.

Friends... they cherish one another's hopes. They are kind to one another's dreams.

We are a nation of politicians, concerned about the outmost defenses only of freedom. It is our children's children who may perchance be really free.

Nature is slow, but sure; she works no faster than need be; she is the tortoise that wins the race by her perseverance.

There is no history of how bad became better.

No face which we can give to a matter will stead us so well at last as the truth. This alone wears well.

As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind. To make a deep physical path, we walk again and again. To make a deep mental path, we must think over and over the kind of thoughts we wish to dominate our lives.