There is the illusion of time, which is very deep; who has disposed of it? Mor come to the conviction that what seems the succession of thought is only the distribution of wholes into causal series.

Every ship that comes to America got its chart from Columbus.

The "times," "the age" what is that, but a few profound persons and a few active persons who epitomize the times?

A hero is a man who is afraid to run away.

The secret of success in education is respecting the students.

All things are moral. That soul, which within us is a sentiment, outside of us is a law. We feel its inspiration; out there in history we can see its fatal strength.

Don't be a cynic, and bewail and bemoan. Omit the negative propositions. Don't waste yourself in rejection, nor bark against the bad, but chant the beauty of the good. Set down nothing that will help somebody.