Nothing is more simple than greatness; indeed, to be simple is to be great.
Instead of making Christianity a vehicle of truth, you make truth only a horse for Christianity.
Every man is the inlet and may become the outlet of all there is in God.
I may say it of our preposterous use of books,--He knew not what to do, and so he read.
A day for toil, an hour for sport, but for a friend is life too short.
In different hours, a man represents each of several of his ancestors, as if there were seven or eight of us rolled up in each man's skin, - seven or eight ancestors at least, and they constitute the variety of notes for that new piece of music which his life is.