Every moment instructs, and every object; for wisdom is infused into every form. It has been poured into us as blood; it convulsed us as pain; it sli….

Character is higher than intellect... A great soul will be strong to live, as well as strong to think..

Others can get in your way temporarily, but only you can get out of your way permanently. Our best thoughts come from others..

What is life but the angle of vision? A man is measured by the angle at which he looks at objects. What is life but what a man is thinking of all day….

Men's actions are too strong for them. Show me a man who has acted, and who has not been the victim and slave of his action..

The goitre of egotism is so frequent among notable persons, that we must infer some strong necessity in nature which it subserves;such as we see in t….

Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door..

We sometimes observe that spoiled children contract a habit of annoying quite wantonly those who have charge of them, and seem tomeasure their own se….

The Englishman who has lost his fortune is said to have died of a broken heart..

All great natures delight in stability; all great men find eternity affirmed in the very promise of their faculties..

I am the lover of uncontained and immortal beauty. In the wilderness, I find something more dear and connate than in streets or villages. In the tran….

The greater speed and success that distinguish the planting of the human race in this country, over all other plantations in history, owe themselves ….

...in the wilderness, I find something more dear and connate than in the streets or villages...in the woods we return to reason and faith..

Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year. No man has learned anything rightly, until he knows that every day is Doomsday..

But, if a man would be alone, let him look at the stars. The rays that come from these heavenly worlds, will separate between him and what he touches….

Wherever the truth is injured, defend it..

All science has one aim, namely, to find a theory of nature..

The two terrors that discourage creativity and creative living are fear of public opinion and undue reverence for one's own consistency..

The aspect of nature is devout. Like the figure of Jesus, she stands with bended head, and hands folded upon the breast. The happiest man is he who l….

The people know that they need in their representative much more than talent, namely, the power to make his talent trusted..

There is no good theory of disease which does not at once suggest a cure..