By the ancients, courage was regarded as practically the main part of virtue; by us, though I hope we are not less brave, purity is so regarded now.

Be what you are. This is the first step toward becoming better than you are.

The mind is like a sheet of white paper in this, that the impressions it receives the oftenest, and retains the longest, are black ones.

Children always turn towards the light. Oh that grown-up people in this world became like little children!

The next best thing to a very good joke is a very bad one.

A weak mind sinks under prosperity, as well as under adversity.

The virtue of Christianity is obedience.

Everybody has his own theatre, in which he is manager, actor, prompter, playwright, sceneshifter, boxkeeper, doorkeeper, all in one, and audience into the bargain.

Knowledge is the parent of love; wisdom, love itself.

The business of philosophy is to circumnavigate human nature.

True goodness is like the glow-worm in this, that it shines most when no eyes except those of heaven are upon it.

The principal component in any genuine friendship is caring, not competition.

Beware the fury of a patient man.

Everything fades away when we lock eyes with the one who calls us His own.

The external only creates dependency.

Stone Age. Bronze Age. Iron Age. We define entire epics of humanity by the technology they use.

There never was a bad man that had ability for good service.

We are supposed to share the gospel. So, I believe it can actually be a sinful thing to not do it.

Real bliss is the absence of the wanting of bliss

I was always a very good student.

I am extremely rebellious. I have this strong, defiant spirit.