Every mind was made for growth, for knowledge, and its nature is sinned against when it is doomed to ignorance.

[Peace] is the highest and most strenuous act of the soul, but an entirely harmonious act, in which all our powers and affections are blending in a beautiful proportion, and sustain and perfect one another. It is more than the silence after storms. It is as the concord of all melodious sounds ... an alliance of love with all beings, a sympathy with all that is pure and happy, a surrender of every separate will and interest, a participation of the spirit and life of the universe.... This is peace, and the true happiness of [humanity].

God is another name for human intelligence raised above all error and imperfection, and extended to all possible truth.

Let us aspire towards this living confidence, that it is the will of God to unfold and exalt without end the spirit that entrusts itself to Him in well-doing as to a faithful Creator.

The fewer the voices on the side of truth, the more distinct and strong must be your own.

Every human being is intended to have a character of his own; to be what no others are, and to do what no other can do.

Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.