A politician thinks of the next election; a statement of the next generation. A politician looks for the success of his party; a statesman for that of his country. The statesman wishes to steer, while the politician is satisfied to drift.

The atheist has no hope.

It is no natural for a man to pray that no theory can prevent him from doing it.

Even where there is talent, culture, knowledge, if there is not earnestness, it does not go to the root of things.

Conscience in the soul is the root of all true courage. If a man would be brave, let him learn to obey his conscience.

Art itself, in all its methods, is the child of religion. The highest and best works in architecture, sculpture and painting, poetry and music, have been born out of the religion of Nature.

Unmixed praise is not due to any one. It leaves behind a sense of unreality. We can only do justice to a great man by a discriminating criticism. Hero-worship, which paints a faultless monster, whom the world never saw, is like those modern pictures which are a blaze of light without any shadow.