This awful catastrophe is not the end but the beginning. History does not end so. It is the way its chapters open.

Let our lives be good, and the times are good. We make our times; such as we are, such are the times.

The Bible was composed in such a way that as beginners mature, its meaning grows with them.

To my God a heart of flame; To my fellow man a heart of love; To myself a heart of steel.

It is better that the truth be known than that scandal be covered up.

Better to have fewer wants than greater riches to supply increasing wants.

This entire most beautiful order of good things is going to pass away after its measure has been exhausted; for both morning and evening were made in them.