I softly sink into the bath of sleep: With eyelids shut, I see around me close The mottled, violet vapors of the deep, That wraps me in repose.

Geology gives us a key to the patience of God.

There is a contemptibly quiet path for all those who are afraid of the blows and clamor of opposing forces. There is no honorable fighting for a man who is not ready to forget that he has a head to be battered and a name to be bespattered. Truth wants no champion who is not as ready to be struck as to strike for her.

Many men and women spend their lives in unsuccessful attempts to spin the flax God sends them upon a wheel they can never use.

God gave every man individuality of constitution, and a chance for achieving individuality of character. He puts special instruments into every man's hands by which to make himself and achieve his mission.

Play may not have so high a place in the divine economy, but is has as legitimate a place as prayer.

Labor is the instituted means for the methodical development of all our powers under the direction and control of the will.