"Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn, whatever state I may be in, therein to be content"
"While they were saying among themselves it cannot be done, it was done"
"It is wonderful how much time good people spend fighting the devil. If they would only expend the same amount of energy loving their fellow men, the devil would die in his own tracks of ennui"
"It is not possible for civilization to flow backwards while there is youth in the world. Youth may be headstrong, but it will advance it allotted length"
"It is hard to interest those who have everything in those who have nothing"
"It is for us to pray not for tasks equal to our powers, but for powers equal to our tasks, to go forward with a great desire forever beating at the door of our hearts as we travel toward our distant goal"
"It is a terrible thing to see and have no vision"
"To me a lush carpet of pine needles or spongy grass is more welcome than the most luxurious Persian rug"
"The world is moved along, not only by the mighty shoves of its heroes, but also by the aggregate of tiny pushes of each honest worker"
"True happiness... is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose"
"No matter how dull, or how mean, or how wise a man is, he feels that happiness is his indisputable right"
"One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar"
"No one has a right to consume happiness without producing it"
"My share of the work may be limited, but the fact that it is work makes it precious"
