Extinction is the beginning of the path: it is traveling to God Most High. Guidance comes afterwards. What I mean by guidance is the guidance of God, as described by the Friend of God, Abraham: "Lo! I am going unto my Lord Who will guide me. "
Ah, why should life all labor be?
The saddest thing about any man is that he be ignorant, and the most exciting thing is that he knows.
For in prosperity a man is often puffed up with pride, whereas tribulations chasten and humble him through suffering and sorrow. In the midst of prosperity the mind is elated, and in prosperity a man forgets himself; in hardship he is forced to reflect on himself, even though he be unwilling. In prosperity a man often destroys the good he has done; amidst difficulties he often repairs what he long since did in the way of wickedness.
I desire to leave to the men that come after me a remembrance of me in good works.
All the youth now in England of free men, who are rich enough to be able to devote themselves to it, be set to learn as long as they are not fit for any other occupation, until they are able to read English writing well.
One God, one law, one element, And one far-off divine event, To which the whole creation moves.
The best designs of all are organic, evolving from the subtleties of the ground they inhabit.
Life after death is the elephant in the living room, the one that we are not supposed to notice.
If you can once engage people's pride, love, pity, ambition (or whatever is their prevailing passion) on your side, you need not fear what their reason can do against you.
Both political parties have a richly vested interest in corporate corruption.