Let every man, if possible, gather some good books under his roof.

Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.

The world is governed by opinion.

Fix your eyes on perfection and you make almost everything speed towards it.

We smile at the ignorance of the savage who cuts down the tree in order to reach its fruit; but the same blunder is made by every person who is over eager and impatient in the pursuit of pleasure.

Every human being is intended to have a character of his own; to be what no others are, and to do what no other can do.

May your life preach more loudly than your lips.

Every mind was made for growth, for knowledge, and its nature is sinned against when it is doomed to ignorance.

Nothing which has entered into our experience is ever lost.

All virtue lies in individual action, in inward energy, in self determination. There is no moral worth in being swept away by a crowd even toward the best objective.

It is not the quantity but the quality of knowledge which determines the mind's dignity.

‎"...the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being.

If I can lead a happy life, touch the lives of others in a positive way, win the respect of those that I care about - and make a few million along the way - then I have been successful.

The world is put back by the death of every one who has to sacrifice the development of his or her peculiar gifts to conventionality.

Dogs are us, only innocent.

If you do everything in your power to avoid writing and still can't, then you must be a writer.

Since my daughter is only half-Jewish, could she go in the water up to her knees?

I think punditry serves no purpose.

I hold the line, the line of strength that pulls me from the fear.

It was hard for an American to understand the contented acceptance by English men and women of permanent places in the lowest social rank.

I like manual labor. Whenever I've got waterlogged with study, I've taken a spell of it and found it spiritually invigorating.