The good writer seems to be writing about himself, but has his eye always on that thread of the Universe which runs through himself and all things.

Science finds it methods.

The doctrine of Necessity or Destiny is the doctrine of Toleration.

Society always consists in the greatest part, of young and foolish persons.

You cannot kindle a fire in any other heart until it is burning in your own.

We are never without a pilot. When we know not how to steer, and dare not hoist a sail, we can drift. The current knows the way, though we do not. The ship of heaven guides itself, and will not accept a wooden rudder.

The task ahead of us is never as great as the power behind us.