Democracy does not race, it reaches the finish slowly but surely.

Every man must form himself as a particular being, seeking, however, to attain that general idea of which all mankind are constituents.

One ought, everyday, to hear a song, read a fine poem, and, if possible, to speak a few reasonable words.

On every mountain height is rest.

We learn to treasure what is above this earth; we long for revelation, which nowhere burns more purely and more beautifully than in the New Testament.

Man's restlessness makes him strive.

Duty is the demand of the hour.