The mind, in proportion as it is cut off from free communication with nature, with revelation, with God, with itself, loses its life, just as the body droops when debarred from the air and the cheering light from heaven.

The home is the chief school of human virtues.

Did any man at his death ever regret his conflicts with himself, his victories over appetite, his scorn of impure pleasure, or his sufferings for righteousness' sake?

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

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

All that we do outwardly is but the expression and completion of our inward thought. To work effectively, we must think clearly; to act nobly, we must think nobly.

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