Materialism means simply the denial that the moral order is eternal, and the cutting off of ultimate hopes; spiritualism means theaffirmation of an eternal moral order and the letting loose of hope.

A chain is no stronger than its weakest link, and life is after all a chain.

There is but one cause of human failure. And that is man's lack of faith in his true Self.

Wisdom is learning what to overlook.

He who refuses to embrace a unique opportunity loses the prize as surely as if he had failed.

Modern war is so expensive that we feel trade to be a better avenue to plunder; but modern man inherits all the innate pugnacity and all the love of glory of his ancestors.

There must be something solemn, serious, and tender about any attitude which we denominate religious. If glad, it must not grin or snicker; if sad, it must not scream or curse.