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

There is no end to the power a man can obtain.

Be free; hope for nothing from anyone. I am sure if you look back upon your lives you will find that you were always vainly trying to get help from others which never came.

If faith in ourselves had been more extensively taught and practiced, I am sure a very large portion of the evils and miseries that we have would have vanished.

When the soul wants to depend upon nothing, not even upon life, that is the height of philosophy, the height of manhood.

According to the history of human progress, it is disobedience to nature that has constituted that progress.

And what causes fear? Ignorance of our own nature.