If all were gentle and contented as sheep, all would be as feeble and helpless.

The highest courage is to dare to appear to be what one is

Our prejudices are like physical infirmities — we cannot do what they prevent us from doing.

A liberal education is that which aims to develop faculty without ulterior views of profession or other means of gaining a livelihood. It considers man an end in himself and not an instrument whereby something is to be wrought. Its ideal is human perfection.

If I am not pleased with myself, but should wish to be other than I am, why should I think highly of the influences which have made me what I am?

Those who believe in our ability do more than stimulate us. They create for us an atmosphere in which it becomes easier to succeed.

Leave each one his touch of folly; it helps to lighten life's burden which, if he could see himself as he is, might be too heavy to carry.