The Americans have no faith, they rely on the power of a dollar; they are deaf to sentiment.

A great man stands on God. A small man on a great man.

The stupidity of men always invites the insolence of power.

Begin and proceed on a settled conviction that but little is permitted to any man to do or to know, and if he complies with the first grand laws, he shall do well.

This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it.

The whole course of things goes to teach us faith. We need only obey. There is guidance for each of us, and by lowly listening we shall hear the right word. . . . Place yourself in the middle of the stream of power and wisdom which flows into you as life, place yourself in the full center of that flood, then you are without effort impelled to truth, to right, and a perfect contentment.

The power of love, as the basis of a State, has never been tried.