Events in the past may be roughly divided into those which probably never happened and those which do not matter.

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

We tolerate shapes in human beings that would horrify us if we saw them in a horse.

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.

Let none of us delude himself by supposing that honesty is always the best policy. It is not.

The proper time to influence the character of a child is about a hundred years before he is born.

The great discovery of the nineteenth century, that we are of one blood with the lower animals, has created new ethical obligations which have not yet penetrated the public conscience. The clerical profession has been lamentably remiss in preaching this obvious duty.