There can never be deep peace between two spirits, never mutual respect, until, in their dialogue, each stands for the whole world.

A farm is a good thing, when it begins and ends with itself, and does not need a salary, or a shop, to eke it out.

A few strong instincts and a few plain rules suffice us

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.

It is the fault of our rhetoric that we cannot strongly state one fact without seeming to belie some other.

There is no doctrine of the Reason which will bear to be taught by the Understanding.

Philanthropic and religious bodies do not commonly make their executive officers out of saints.