“Not brute force but only persuasion and faith are the kings of this world.”
“The best effect of any book, is that it excites the reader to self-activity.”
“Imagination is a poor matter when it has to part company with understanding.”
“Talk that does not end in any kind of action is better suppressed altogether.”
“A man cannot make a pair of shoes rightly unless he do it in a devout manner.”
“All evil is like a nightmare; the instant you stir under it, the evil is gone.”
“The tragedy of life is not so much what men suffer, but rather what they miss.”
“Love is not altogether a delirium, yet it has many points in common therewith.”
“The outer passes away; the innermost is the same yesterday, today, and forever.”
“A person who is gifted sees the essential point and leaves the rest as surplus.”
“Secrecy is the element of all goodness; even virtue, even beauty is mysterious.”
“Do the duty which lies nearest to you, the second duty will then become clearer.”
“Conviction never so excellent, is worthless until it coverts itself into conduct.”
“I don't pretend to understand the Universe -- it's a great deal bigger than I am.”
“A man lives by believing something: not by debating and arguing about many things.”
“Heroism is the divine relation which, in all times, unites a great man to other men.”
“Narrative is linear, but action has breadth and depth as well as height and is solid.”
“There is often more spiritual force in a proverb than in whole philosophical systems.”
“One must verify or expel his doubts, and convert them into the certainty of Yes or NO.”
“The depth of our despair measures what capability and height of claim we have to hope.”
“No great man lives in vain. The history of the world is but the biography of great men.”
“If you look deep enough you will see music; the heart of nature being everywhere music.”
“The hell of these days is the fear of not getting along, especially of not making money.”
“It is the unseen and the spiritual in people that determines the outward and the actual.”
“A person usually has two reasons for doing something: a good reason and the real reason.”
“The first duty of man is to conquer fear; he must get rid of it, he cannot act till then.”
“The past is all holy to us; the dead are all holy; even they that were wicked when alive.”
“Little other than a red tape Talking-machine, and unhappy Bag of Parliamentary Eloquence.”
“The old cathedrals are good, but the great blue dome that hangs over everything is better.”
“The cut of a garment speaks of intellect and talent and the color of temperament and heart.”