We will walk on our own feet; we will work with our own hands; we will speak our own minds... A nation of men will for the first time exist, because each believes himself inspired by the Divine Soul which also inspires all men.

Immitation is suicide.

There are always difficulties arising that tempt you to believe your critics are right.

Add energy, inspire hope, and blow the coals into a useful flame.

I am ready to die out of nature, and be born again into this new yet unapproachable America I have found in the West.

Talent is commonly developed at the expense of character.

Thus is man made equal to every event. He can face danger for the right. A poor, tender, painful body, he can run into flame or bullets or pestilence, with duty for his guide.