But the whim we have of happiness is somewhat thus. By certain valuations, and averages, of our own striking, we come upon some sort of average terrestrial lot; this we fancy belongs to us by nature, and of indefeasible rights. It is simple payment of our wages, of our deserts; requires neither thanks nor complaint. Foolish soul! What act of legislature was there that thou shouldst be happy? A little while ago thou hadst no right to be at all.

Once the mind has been expanded by a big idea, it will never go back to its original state.

Let him who would move and convince others, be first moved and convinced himself.

The past is all holy to us; the dead are all holy; even they that were wicked when alive.

The difference between Socrates and Jesus? The great conscious and the immeasurably great unconscious.

Culture is the process by which a person becomes all that they were created capable of being.

What we become depends on what we read after all of the professors have finished with us. The greatest university of all is a collection of books.