Joy is the triumph of life; it is the sign that we are living our true life as spiritual beings.

Consciousness is a phase of mental life which arises in connection with the formation of new habits. When habit is formed, consciousness only interferes to spoil our performance.

The church that is married to the spirit of this age, becomes a widow in the next.

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.

In imperialism nothing fails like success. If the conqueror oppresses his subjects, they will become fanatical patriots, and sooner or later have their revenge; if he treats them well, and governs them for their good, they will multiply faster than their rulers, till they claim their independence.

No Christian can be a pessimist, for Christianity is a system of radical optimism.

The modern world belongs to the half-educated, a rather difficult class, because they do not realize how little they know.