There is a certain wisdom of humanity which is common to the greatest men with the lowest, and which our ordinary education oftenlabors to silence and obstruct.

...What torments of pain have you endured that haven't as yet arrived? and may never!

Every man's task [his 'great dream' and impassioned life-goal] is his life preserver.

The power which resides in him is new in nature, and none but he knows what that is which he can do, nor does he know until he has tried.

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

The wonder is that we can see these trees and not wonder more.

The cardinal virtue of a teacher [is] to protect the pupil from his own influence.