We were surprised how closely the cuckoo imitated the clock-and yet, of course, it could never have heard a clock.

If man had created man, he would be ashamed of his performance.

In America, we hurry-which is well; but when the day's work is done, we go on thinking of losses and gains, we plan for the morrow, we even carry our business cares to bed with us...we burn up our energies with these excitements, and either die early or drop into a lean and mean old age at a time of life which they call a man's prime in Europe...What a robust people, what a nation of thinkers we might be, if we would only lay ourselves on the shelf occasionally and renew our edges!

Shall we go on conferring our Civilization upon the peoples that sit in darkness, or shall we give those poor things a rest?

A habit cannot be tossed out the window; it must be coaxed down the stairs a step at a time.

Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example.

If you want love and abundance in your life, give it away.