The atheist has no hope.

Seek to do good, and you will find that happiness will run after you.

A politician thinks of the next election. A statesman, of the next generation.

It may make a difference to all eternity whether we do right or wrong today.

Never hurry. Take plenty of exercise. Always be cheerful. Take all the sleep you need. You may expect to be well.

We are either progressing or retrograding all the while; there is no such thing as remaining stationary in this life.

Conscience in the soul is the root of all true courage. If a man would be brave, let him learn to obey his conscience.

Manliness means perfect manhood, as womanliness implies perfect womanhood. Manliness is the character of a man as he ought to be, as he was meant to be.

I can do small things in a great way.

Art itself, in all its methods, is the child of religion. The highest and best works in architecture, sculpture and painting, poetry and music, have been born out of the religion of Nature.

The bravest of individuals is the one who obeys his or her conscience.

Seek only light and freedom and do not immerse yourself too deeply in the worldly mire.

To act upon the outer world and change it, you must be first be fine to act upon yourself.

Music itself was color-blind but the media and the radio stations segregate it based on their perceptions of the artists.

In science all facts no matter how trivial or banal enjoy democratic equality.

Nevertheless, one learned very early that books had to be respected; they were all putative Bibles and to some small degree had a share in holiness.

I never competed against athletes. I competed against perfection.

I think there's going to be a lot of Americans who are really willing to be much more active than they were before, because they're worried about where Trump is headed.

The important thing is neither your nationality nor the religion you professed, but how your faith translated itself in your life.

Even if Hitler at the last moment would want to avoid war which would destroy him he will, in spite of his wishes, be compelled to wage war.

The human field of perception is not the only band of perception. Nor is it necessarily the best; there is no such thing in infinity. Infinity does not label.