Happiness comes most to persons who seek it least and think least about it. It is not an object to be sought, it is a state to be induced. It must follow and not lead. It must overtake you, and not you overtake it.

Man takes root at his feet, and at best he is no more than a potted plant in his house or carriage till he has established communication with the soil by the loving and magnetic touch of his soles to it.

Science makes no claim to infallibility; it leaves that claim to be made by theologians.

I am in love with this world. It has been my home. It has been my point of outlook into the universe. I have never bruised myself against it nor tried to use it ignobly.

That which distinguishes this day from all others is that then both orators and artillerymen shoot blank cartridges.

Every day is a Sabbath to me. All pure water is holy water, and this earth is a celestial abode.

Life is a struggle, but not a warfare.