The first duty of man is that of subduing fear.

All sorts of Heroes are intrinsically of the same material; that given a great soul, open to the Divine Significance of Life, then there is given a man fit to speak of this, to sing of this, to fight and work for this, in a great, victorious, enduring manner; there is given a Hero, -- the outward shape of whom will depend on the time and the environment he finds himself in.

If an eloquent speaker speak not the truth, is there a more horrid kind of object in creation?

It is not a lucky word, this name impossible; no good comes of those who have it so often in their mouths.

Infinite is the help man can yield to man.

Action hangs, as it were, dissolved in speech, in thoughts whereof speech is the shadow; and precipitates itself therefrom. The kind of speech in a man betokens the kind of action you will get from him.

Just in the ratio knowledge increases, faith decreases.