The hell to be endured hereafter, of which theology tells, is no worse than the hell we make for ourselves in this world by habitually fashioned our characters in the wrong way.

Truth is one species of good, and not, as is usually supposed, a category distinct from good, and co-ordinate with it

If you give appreciation to people, you win their goodwill. But more important than that, practicing this philosophy has made a different person of me.

Compared to what we ought to be, we are half awake.

The strenuous life tastes better

Seek out that particular mental attribute which makes you feel most deeply and vitally alive.

To improve the golden moment of opportunity, and catch the good that is within our reach, is the great art of life.