The great hope of society is in individual character

A man in earnest finds means or, if he cannot find, creates them.

I am a living member of the great family of all souls.

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

A clear thought, a pure affection, a resolute act of a virtuous will, have a dignity of quite another kind, and far higher than accumulations of brick and granite and plaster and stucco, however cunningly put together.

Life is a fragment, a moment between two eternities.

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?