In sculpture did ever anybody call the Apollo a fancy piece? Or say of the Laocoon how it might be made different? A masterpiece of art has in the mind a fixed place in the chain of being, as much as a plant or a crystal.

The religion which is to guide and fulfill the present and coming ages, whatever else it be, must be intellectual. The scientific mind must have a faith which is science.

The first thing a great person does is make us realize the insignificance of circumstance.

The love that you withhold is the pain that you carry.

Fear always springs from ignorance.

Speak the affirmative; emphasize your choice by utter ignoring of all that you reject.

People seem sheathed in their tough organization.