The world globes itself in a drop of dew.

Savages cling to a local god of one tribe or town. The broad ethics of Jesus were quickly narrowed to village theologies, which preach an election or favoritism.

Our best thoughts come from others.

All power is of one kind, a sharing of the nature of the world. The mind that is parallel with the laws of nature will be in the current of events, and strong with their strength.

A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines.

Mysticism is the mistake of an accidental and individual symbol for an universal one.

An orator or author is never successful till he has learned to make his words smaller than his ideas.