By religion I mean perfected manhood,--the quickening of the soul by the influence of the Divine Spirit.

The truest self-respect is not to think of self.

Half the spiritual difficulties that men and women suffer arise from a morbid state of health.

Intelligence increases mere physical ability one half. The use of the head abridges the labor of the hands.

Faith is spiritualized imagination.

Do not be afraid because the, community teems with excitement. Silence and death are dreadful. The rush of life, the vigor of earnest men, the conflict of realities, invigorate, cleanse, and establish the truth.

God asks no man whether he will accept life. That is not the choice. You must take it. The only choice is how.