To Turn all the treasures we possess into the channel of universal love becomes the business of our lives.

May we look upon our treasure, the furniture of our houses, and our garments, and try to discover whether the seeds of war have nourishment in these our possessions.

All this time I lived with my parents, and wrought on the plantation; and having had schooling pretty well for a planter, I used to improve myself in winter evenings, and other leisure times.

To consider mankind other than brethren...plainly supposes a darkness of understanding.

To say we love God as unseen and at the same time exercise cruelty toward the least creature moving by His life or by life derived from Him, was a contradiction in itself.

Conduct is more convincing than language.

Through the humbling dispensations of Divine Providence, men are sometimes fitted for his service.

I have often felt a motion of love to leave some hints in writing of my experience of the goodness of God, and now, in the thirty-sixth year of my age, I begin this work.

Now to act with integrity, according to that strength of mind and body with which our creator hath endowed each of use, appears necessary for all.

Be careful that the love of gain draw us not into any business which may weaken our love of our Heavenly Father, or bring unnecessary trouble to any of His creatures.

I was born in Northampton, in Burlington County, West Jersey, in the year 1720.

Sometimes later becomes never. Do it now.

I am now quite sure that Tragedy and Hope was suppressed although I do not know why or by whom

That author, however, who has thought more than he has read, read more than he has written, and written more than he has published, if he does not command success, has at least deserved it.

Life is filled with small moments that seem prosaic until one has the distance to look back and see the chain of large moments they unleashed.

I was fortunate enough to visit a lot of beautiful places around the world. The most astonishing and memorable experiences were my trips to Africa and Australia.

When angry, count to a hundred.

[D]ebt increases that didn't arise either from war or from extraordinary financial crisis are entirely associated with hard-line conservative governments.

Diversify. But carve out 10 to 20 percent for the most unloved part of the market: emerging markets value.

We can influence the future but not see it.

The world today is ruled by harassed politicians absorbed in getting into office or turning out the other man so that not much room is left for debating the great issues on their merits