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Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak; and that it is doing God's service when it is violating all his laws.
It is a capital mistake to theorize before you have all the evidence. It biases the judgment.
To succeed…you need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you.
Little deeds of kindness, little words of love, help to make earth happy like the heaven above.
Men moving only in an official circle are apt to become merely official, not to say arbitrary, in their ideas, and are apter and apter with each passing day to forget that they only hold power in a representative capacity.
The unthankful heart…discovers no mercies; but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and, as the magnet finds the iron, so it will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings!
I won't say there aren't any Harvard graduates who have never asserted a superior attitude. But they have done so to our great embarrassment and in no way represent the Harvard I know.
This American system of ours…call it Americanism, call it capitalism, call it what you like, gives to each and every one of us a great opportunity if we only seize it with both hands and make the most of it.
I'm astounded by people who want to 'know' the universe when it's hard enough to find your way around Chinatown.
Hallow the body as a temple to comeliness and sanctify the heart as a sacrifice to love; love recompenses the adorers.
A single man has not nearly the value he would have in a state of union. He is an incomplete animal. He resembles the odd half of a pair of scissors.
The weaker the data available upon which to base one's conclusion, the greater the precision which should be quoted in order to give the data authenticity.
O friend, never strike sail to a fear! Come into port greatly, or sail with God the seas.
Men fear death, as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children is increased with tales, so is the other.
