Great effort from great motives is the best definition of a happy life.

The fewer the voices on the side of truth, the more distinct and strong must be your own..

Nothing which has entered into our experience is ever lost..

Be true to your own highest convictions..

No power in society, no hardship in your condition can depress you, keep you down, in knowledge, power, virtue, influence, but by your own consent..

Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict..

One of the tremendous evils of the world, is the monstrous accumulation of power in a few hands..

God be thanked for books; they are the voices of the distant and the dead, and make us heirs of the spiritual life of past ages..

It has often been observed, that those who have the most time at their disposal profit by it the least. A single hour a day, steadily given to the st….

It is not the quantity but the quality of knowledge which determines the mind's dignity..

No one should part with their individuality and become that of another..

To give a generous hope to a man of his own nature, is to enrich him immeasurably..

I am a living member of the great family of all souls; and I cannot improve or suffer myself, without diffusing good or evil around me through an eve….

Whatever you may suffer, speak the truth. Be worthy of the entire confidence of your associates. Consider what is right as to what must be done. It i….

All virtue lies in individual action, in inward energy, in self determination. There is no moral worth in being swept away by a crowd even toward the….

Love is the life of the soul. It is the harmony of the universe..

The only freedom worth possessing is that which gives enlargement to a people's energy, intellect, and virtues..

Every human being is intended to have a character of his own; to be what no others are, and to do what no other can do..

God deliver us all from prejudice and unkindness, and fill us with the love of truth and virtue..

May your life preach more loudly than your lips..

Every mind was made for growth, for knowledge, and its nature is sinned against when it is doomed to ignorance..