A man may carry the whole scheme of Christian truth in his mind from boyhood to old age without the slightest effect upon his character and aims. It has had less influence than the multiplication table.

We live in the future. Even the happiness of the present is made up mostly of that delightful discontent which the hope of better things inspires.

Calmness is the cradle of power.

It is by work that man carves his way to that measure of power which will fit him for his destiny.

God gives every bird its food, but He does not throw it into its nest.

God gives every bird its food, but He does not throw it into the nest. He does not unearth the good that the earth contains, but He puts it in our way, and gives us the means of getting it ourselves.

The faculties of our souls differ as widely as the features of our faces and the forms of our frames.