Outside Independence Hall when the Constitutional Convention of 1787 ended
. . . science and speculation pass into mystery at last.
To commiserate is sometimes more than to give, for money is external to a man's self, but he who bestows compassion communicates his own soul.
With a mind not diseased, a holy life is a life of hope, and at the end of it, death is a great act of hope.
Yes, I live in God, and shall eternally. It is His hand upholds me now; and death will be but an uplifting of me into His bosom.
Selfishness, eager for a heaven of enjoyment, is quite a different thing in the soul from love and purity and truth, yearning together for what is their natural element.
God would never have let us long for our friends with such a strong and holy love, if they were not waiting for us.
We do not move forward by curtailing people's liberty because we are afraid of what they may do or say.
Our estimate of a character always depends much on the manner in which that character affects our own interests and passions.
People are unreasonable, illogical and self-centered. Love them anyway. . . . Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable. Be honest and frank anyway. . . . What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight. Build anyway. . . Give the world the best you have and you'll get kicked in the teeth. Give the world the best you've got anyway.
A pessimist is a person who is always right but doesn't get any enjoyment out of it, while an optimist, is one who imagines that the future is uncertain. It is a duty to be an optimist, because if you imagine that the future is uncertain, then you mu