No one can read with profit that which he cannot learn to read with pleasure.

- Noah Porter

Science has penetrated the constitution of nature, and unrolled the mysterious pages of its history, and started again many, as yet, unanswered quest…

- Noah Porter

Fire above the mark you intend to hit. Energy, invincible determination, with the right motive, are the levers that move the world.

- Noah Porter

Remember that what you believe will depend very much on what you are.

- Noah Porter

Rely on your own strength of body and soul. Take for your star self-reliance, faith, honesty and industry. Don't take too much advice - keep at the h…

- Noah Porter

Christianity is more than history; it is also a system of truths. Every event which its history records, either is a truth, or suggests a truth, or e…

- Noah Porter