There is a loftier ambition than merely to stand high in the world. It is to stoop down and lift mankind a little higher.
What do I owe my father? Everything!
A friend is what the heart needs all the time.
Some people are so afraid do die that they never begin to live.
No amount of energy will take the place of thought. A strenuous life with its eyes shut is a kind of wild insanity.
In the progress of personality, first comes a declaration of independence, then a recognition of interdependence.