Man does not drift into goodness...the chance port of an aimless voyage. He must fight ever for his destination.

He who thinks all mankind is vile is a pessimist who mistakes his introspection for observation; he looks into his own heart and thinks he sees the world.

Gratitude is thankfulness expressed in action.

A fad lives its life in a few weeks; a philosophy lives through generations and centuries; a principle, forever.

The man who has a certain religious belief and fears to discuss it, lest it may be proved wrong, is not loyal to his belief, he has but a coward's faithfulness to his prejudices. If he were a lover of truth, he would be willing at any moment to surrender his belief for a higher, better, and truer faith.

We carry our house plants from one window to another to give them the proper heat, light, and moisture. Should we not be at least as careful of ourselves?

Love, in the divine alchemy of life, transmutes all duties into privileges, all responsibilities into joys.