Accept the place the divine providence has found for you, the society of your contemporaries, the connection of events.

The religion which is to guide and fulfill the present and coming ages, whatever else it be, must be intellectual. The scientific mind must have a faith which is science.

When he is pushed, tormented, defeated, he has a chance to learn something; he has been put on his wits, on his manhood; he has gained facts; learns his ignorance; is cured of the insanity of conceit; has got moderation and real skill.

That which we are, we are all the while teaching, not voluntarily, but involuntarily.

The customer is the immediate jewel of our souls. Him we flatter, him we feast, compliment, vote for, and will not contradict.

Universities are of course hostile to geniuses.

It is one light which beams out of a thousand stars. It is one soul which animates all men.