We all have our prayer-wheels which we set up on the steppes. The indifferent winds come and carry most of them away to gasp out their little lives in the desert, for few reach heaven.

The successful competitor, having been urged to compete, must not be turned upon when he wins.

Since we are men, we will play the part of Man.

The language of the law must not be foreign to the ears of those who are to obey it.

We shall succeed only so far as we continue to undertake “the intolerable labor of thought” — that most distasteful of all our activities.

The mid-day sun is too much for most eyes; one is dazzled even with its reflection. Be careful that too broad and high an aim does not paralyze your effort and clog your springs of action.

A government of laws without men is as visionary as a government of men without laws.