I do not pretend to understand the moral universe; the arc is a long one, my eye reaches but little ways; I cannot calculate the curve and complete the figure by the experience of sight, I can divine it by conscience. And from what I see I am sure it bends towards justice.

Justice is the idea of God, the ideal of man, the rule of conduct writ in the nature of mankind.

The most useful is the greatest.

Pride is both a virtue and a vice.

Love is the piety of the affections.

All the spaces between my mind and the mind of God are full of truths waiting to be crystallized into laws for the government of the masses.

Let us do our duty in our shop or our kitchen, in the market, the street, the office, the school, the home, just as faithfully as if we stood in the front rank of some great battle, and knew that victory for mankind depended on our bravery, strength, and skill. When we do that, the humblest of us will be serving in that great army which achieves the welfare of the world.