A believer, a mind whose faith is consciousness, is never disturbed because other persons do not yet see the fact which he sees.

But dare rather to quit the platform, plunge into the sublime seas, dive deep, & swim far, so shall you come back with self-respect, with new power, with an advanced experience, that shall explain & overlook the old. Trust your emotion.

The word Miracle, as pronounced by Christian churches, gives a false impression; it is Monster. It is not one with the blowing clover and the falling rain.

To educate the wise man, the State exists; and with the appearance of the wise man, the State expires. The appearance of charactermakes the state unnecessary. The wise man is the State.

Defect in manners is usually the defect of fine perceptions. Elegance comes of no breeding, but of birth.

After thirty, a man wakes up sad every morning, excepting perhaps five or six, until the day of his death.

Great believers are always reckoned infidels, impracticable, fantastic, atheistic, and really men of no account. The spiritualist finds himself driven to express his faith by a series of skepticisms.