All inquiry into antiquity, all curiosity respecting the Pyramids, the excavated cities, Stonehenge, the Ohio Circles, Mexico, Memphis,--is the desire to do away this wild, savage, and preposterous There and Then, and introduce in its place the Here and Now.

Justice satisfies everybody, and justice alone.

Any extraordinary degree of beauty in man or woman involves a moral charm.

We are very near to greatness: one step and we are safe; can we not take the leap?

We learn that God IS; that he is in me; and that all things are shadows of him.

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

The efforts which we make to escape from our destiny only serve to lead us into it.