Of all the discoveries which men need to make, the most important, at the present moment, is that of the self-forming power treasured up in themselves. They little suspect its extent, as little as the savage apprehends the energy which the mind is created to exert on the material world.
William Ellery ChanningI laugh, for hope hath a happy place with me; If my boat sinks, 'tis to another sea.
William Ellery ChanningTo give a generous hope to a man of his own nature, is to enrich him immeasurably.
William Ellery Channing