The earth is enjoyed by heroes”—this is the unfailing truth. Be a hero. Always say, “I have no fear.

The sign of death is weakness.

A few heart-whole, sincere, and energetic men and women can do more in a year than a mob in a century.

The cause being finite, the effect must be finite. If the cause is eternal the effect can be eternal, but all these causes, doing good work, and all other things, are only finite causes, and as such cannot produce infinite result.

As the different streams, having their sources in different places, all mingle their water in the sea; O Lord, so the different paths which men take through different tendencies, various though they appear, crooked or straight, all lead to Thee.

Worship of society and popular opinion is idolatry.

Dependence is misery. Independence is happiness.