[W]hat counts is that one perceives excellence and dares to give it expression, which sounds little but is in fact a great deal.

But the valid issue is the extent to which man knows how to form and master the material at his command.

As soon as any one belongs to a narrow creed in science, every unprejudiced and true perception is gone.

Willing is not enough, we must do.

For that is love's nature that it lays claim to exclusive right and that all other claims are nil.

All that is transitory is but a metaphor.

Continue to make the demands of the day your immediate concern, and take occasion to test the purity of your hearts and the steadfastness of your spirits. When you then take a deep breath and rise above the cares of this world and in an hour of leisure, you will surely win the proper frame of mind to face devoutly what is above us, with reverence, seeing in all events the manifestation of a higher guidance.