To obtain a knowledge of duty, a man is not sent away, outside of himself, to ancient documents; for the only rule of faith a practice, the Word, is very nigh him, even in his heart, and by this word he is to try all documents.

You may not, cannot, appropriate beauty. It is the wealth of the eye, and a cat may gaze upon a king.

Marriages are best made of dissimilar material.

Did not Jesus say, resist not evil — with evil? Is not war the worst form of that evil.

Be not familiar with the idea of wrong, for sin in fancy mothers many an ugly fact.

I do not pretend to understand the moral universe; the arc is a long one. . . . But from what I see I am sure it bends toward justice.

Let others laugh when you sacrifice desire to duty, if they will. You have time and eternity to rejoice in.