All reform aims, in some one particular, to let the soul have its way through us; in other words, to engage us to obey.

So all that is said of the wise man by Stoic or Oriental or modern essayist, describes to each reader his own idea, describes his unattained but attainable self.

You shall have joy, or you shall have power, said God; you shall not have both.

Time dissipates to shining ether the solid angularity of facts.

The good news is that the moment you decide that what you know is more important than what you have been taught to believe, you will have shifted gears in your quest for abundance. Success comes from within, not from without.

There is nothing but is related to us, nothing that does not interest us,--kingdom, college, tree, horse, or iron show,--the rootsof all things are in man.

Conversation is our account of ourselves...Conversation is the vent of character as well as thoughts...It is the laboratory of the student.