Our books approach very slowly the things we most wish to know.

Nor knowest thou what argument Thy life to thy neighbor's creed has lent. All are needed by each one; Nothing is fair or good alone.

The world is so beautiful that I can hardly believe it exists.

Instead of making Christianity a vehicle of truth, you make truth only a horse for Christianity.

There is no one who does not exaggerate. In conversation, men are encumbered with personality, and talk too much.

Do the thing and you will have the power.

The permanence of all books is fixed by no effort friendly or hostile, but by their own specific gravity, or the intrinsic importance of their contents to the constant mind of man.