Our secret thoughts are rarely heard except in secret. No man knows what conscience is until he understands what solitude can teach him concerning it.

- Joseph Cook

Conscience is our magnetic compass; reason our chart.

- Joseph Cook

It is not always the highest talent that thrives best. Mediocrity, with tact, will outweigh talent oftentimes.

- Joseph Cook

So many people glorify and romanticize 'busy.' I do not. I value purpose. I believe in resting in reason and moving in passion. If you’re always busy…

- Joseph Cook

A monarchy is like a man-of-war--bad shots between wind and water hurt it exceedingly; there is danger of capsizing. But democracy is a raft. You can…

- Joseph Cook

We only begin to realize the value of our possessions when we commence to do good to others with them. No earthly investment pays so large an interes…

- Joseph Cook

We must judge religious movements, not by the men who make them, but by the men they make.

- Joseph Cook

The Unknown is an ocean. What is conscience? The compass of the Unknown.

- Joseph Cook

Do you know a book that you are willing to put under your head for a pillow when you lie dying? Very well; that is the book you want to study while y…

- Joseph Cook