The preacher's garment is cut according to the pattern of that of the hearers, for the most part.

The minute a phrase, becomes current, it becomes an apology for not thinking accurately to the end of the sentence.

Every real thought on every real subject knocks the wind out of somebody or other.

The mark of a civilized man is his willingness to re-examine his most cherished beliefs.

A great man represents a great ganglion in the nerves of society, or to vary the figure, a strategic point in the campaign of history, and part of his greatness consists in his being there.

I know of no teachers so powerful and persuasive as the little army of specialists. They carry no banners, they beat no drums; but where they are men learn that bustle and push are not the equals of quiet genius and serene mastery.

The root of joy, as of duty, is to put all one's powers towards some great end.