That which builds is better than that which is built.

All science has one aim, namely, to find a theory of nature.

The true test of civilization is not the census, nor the size of cities, nor the crops - no, but the kind of man the country turns out.

Man's life is a progress, not a station.

As to methods, there may be a million and then some, but principles are few. The man who grasps principles can successfully select his own methods.

We may be partial, but Fate is not.

The Transcendentalist adopts the whole connection of spiritual doctrine. He believes in miracle, in the perpetual openness of thehuman mind to new influx of light and power; he believes in inspiration, and in ecstacy.