All goes to show that the soul in man is not an organ, but animates and exercises all the organs; is not a function, like the power of memory, of calculation, of comparison, but uses these as hands and feet; is not a faculty, but a light, is not the intellect or the will, but the master of the intellect and the will; is the background of our being, in which they lie,--an immensity not possessed and that cannot be possessed.

The terrors of the child are quite reasonable, and add to his loveliness; for his utter ignorance and weakness, and his enchanting indignation on such a small basis of capital compel every bystander to take his part.

Fear God, and where you go men shall think they walk in hallowed cathedrals.

We aim above the mark, to hit the mark. Every act hath some falsehood of exaggeration in it.

It never was in the power of any man or any community to call the arts into being. They come to serve his actual wants, never to please his fancy.

Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

What school, college, or lecture bring men depends on what men bring to carry it home in.