Every man has enough power left to carry out that of which he is convinced.

With the growth of knowledge our ideas must from time to time be organized afresh. The change takes place usually in accordance with new maxims as they arise, but it always remains provisional.

The world is for thousands a freak show; the images flicker past and vanish; the impressions remain flat and unconnected in the soul. Thus they are easily led by the opinions of others, are content to let their impressions be shuffled and rearranged and evaluated differently.

Alas, that we should be so unwilling to listen to the still and holy yearnings of the heart! A god whispers quite softly in our breast, softly yet audibly; telling us what we ought to seek and what to shun.

Our passions are the true phoenixes; when the old one is burnt out, a new one rises from its ashes.

Keep not standing fixed and rooted. Briskly venture, briskly roam.

Too many parents make life hard for their children by trying, too zealously, to make it easy for them.