There are always two forces warring against each other within us.

Useful manual labour, intelligently performed is the means per excellence for developing the intellect.

Freedom to learn is the first necessity of guaranteeing that man himself shall be self-reliant enough to be free

Manners make the fortune of the ambitious youth.

The best prophet is common sense, our native wit.

Philosophy may describe unreason, as it may describe force; it cannot hope to refute them.

Two prisonerswhose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on the wall. Thewall is the thing which separates them but is also their means ofcommunication. It is the same with us and God. Every separation is a link.

Could agreater miracle take place than for us to look through each other’seyes for an instant?

Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di

Aclosed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood.

He who hurriescannot walk with dignity.

Nature's instructions are always slow, those of men are generally premature.