The true is the name of whatever proves itself to be good in the way of belief, and good, too, for definite, assignable reasons.

Don't preach too much to your pupils or abound in good talk in the abstract. Lie in wait rather for the practical opportunities, be prompt to seize those as they pass, and thus at one operation get your pupils both to think, to feel, and to do.

We have grown literally afraid to be poor. We despise anyone who elects to be poor in order to simplify and save his inner life. If he does not join the general scramble and pant with the money-making street, we deem him spiritless and lacking in ambition

Compared with what we ought to be, we are only half awake. Our fires are damped, our drafts are checked. We are making use of only a small part of our possible mental and physical resources.

A sense of humor is just common sense dancing.

Why may we not be in the universe, as our dogs and cats are in our drawingrooms and libraries?

Give your dreams all you've got, and you'll be amazed at the energy that comes out of you.