Civilization is the making of civil persons.

One can't be angry when one looks at a penguin.

Let every dawn be to you as the beginning of life, and every setting sun be to you as its close.

That country is the richest which nourishes the greatest number of noble and happy human beings.

It is better to be nobly remembered than nobly born.

The proof of a thing's being right is that it has power over the heart; that it excites us, wins us, or helps us.

Men say their pinnacles point to heaven. Why, so does every tree that buds, and every bird that rises as it sings. Men say their aisles are good for worship. Why, so is every mountain glen and rough sea-shore. But this they have of distinct and indisputable glory,--that their mighty walls were never raised, and never shall be, but by men who love and aid each other in their weakness.