Slavery is an institution for converting men into monkeys.

Egotism is a kind of buckram that gives momentary strength and concentration to men, and seems to be much used in Nature for fabrics in which local and spasmodic energy is required.

Time dissipates to shining ether the solid angularity of facts.

The poise of a plant, the bended tree recovering itself from the strong wind, the vital resources of every vegetable and animal, are also demonstrations of the self-sufficing, and therefore self-relying soul. All history from its highest to its trivial passages is the various record of this power.

Concentration is the secret of srength.

The one thing in the world, of value, is the active soul

Without a rich heart, wealth is an ugly beggar.