We are prisoners of ideas.
The pest of society are the egotist, they are dull and bright, sacred and profane, course and fine. It is a disease that like the flu falls on all constitutions.
No man ever prayed heartily without learning something.
There is always room for a person of force and they make room for many.
Let us be silent, that we may hear the whispers of the gods.
We fly to beauty as an asylum from the terrors of finite nature.
Intellect annuls fate. So far as a man thinks, he is free.
Blessed is the man, who having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact.
A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.
All men’s souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.
There is no chance, and no anarchy, in the universe. All is system and gradation. Every god is there sitting in his sphere.
True silence is the rest of the mind; it is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment.
It is a time when one’s spirit is subdued and sad, one knows not why; when the past seems a storm-swept desolation, life a vanity and a burden, and the future but a way to death.
Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.
A jay hasnt got any more principle than a Congressman. A jay will lie, a jay will steal, a jay will deceive, a jay will betray; and four times out of five, a jay will go back on his solemnest promise.
I have received no more than one or two letters in my life that were worth the postage.
No matter how plain a woman may be, if truth and honesty are written across her face, she will be beautiful.
Wit and Humor – if any difference, it is in duration – lightning and electric light. Same material, apparently; but one is vivid, and can do damage – the other fools along and enjoys elaboration.
Men profess to be lovers of music, but for the most part they give no evidence in their opinions and lives that they have heard it.
No thought, no reflection, no analysis, no cultivation, no intention; let it settle itself.
Not he is great who can alter matter, but he who can alter my state of mind.
Know that the amount of criticism you receive may correlate somewhat to the amount of publicity you receive.
