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

Talent finds its models, methods, and ends in society, exists for exhibition, and goes to the soul only for power to work. Genius is its own end, and draws its means and the style of its architecture from within.

The foundation of culture, as of character, is at last the moral sentiment.

If we could have any security against moods! If the profoundest prophet could be holden to his words, and the hearer who is readyto sell all and join the crusade, could have any certificate that to-morrow his prophet shall not unsay his testimony!

Life is an ecstasy. Life is sweet as nitrous oxide.

The peace of the man who has forsworn the use of the bullet seems to me not quite peace, but a canting impotence.

He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, while he who has one enemy shall meet him everywhere.