The object of studying philosophy is to know one's own mind, not other peoples.

A good government remains the greatest of human blessings and no nation has ever enjoyed it.

The game of life is worth playing, but the struggle is the prize.

We should think of the church as an orchestra in which the different churches play on different instruments while a Divine Conductor calls the tune.

There is no law of progress. Our future is in our own hands, to make or to mar. It will be an uphill fight to the end, and would we have it otherwise? Let no one suppose that evolution will ever exempt us from struggles. 'You forget,' said the Devil, with a chuckle, 'that I have been evolving too.

The right use of leisure is no doubt a harder problem than the right use of our working hours. The soul is dyed the color of its leisure thoughts.

Even the paradise of fools is not an unpleasant abode while it is inhabitable.