Thought is the seed of action.

The astronomers said, 'Give us matter and a little motion and we will construct the universe. It is not enough that we should have matter, we must also have a single impulse, one shove to launch the mass and generate the harmony of the centrifugal and centripetal forces.' ... There is no end to the consequences of the act. That famous aboriginal push propagates itself through all the balls of the system, and through every atom of every ball.

Therefore is nature ever the ally of Religion: lends her all her pomp and riches to the religious sentiment.

Only an inventor knows how to borrow, and every man is or should be an inventor.

The cure for false theology is motherwit. Forget your books and traditions, and obey your moral perceptions at this hour.

Self-trust is the first secret of success, the belief that if you are here the authorities of the universe put you here, and for cause, or with some task strictly appointed you in your constitution, and so long as you work at that you are well and successful

No society can ever be so large as one man.