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When I see the spirit of liberty in action, I see a strong principle at work; and this, for a while, is all I can possibly know of it.

A boy of spirit may acquire a previous and practical experience of the world; and his playfellows may be the future friends of his heart or his interest.

The style shall be simple and familiar; but style is the image of character; and the habits of correct writing may produce, without labour or design, the appearance of art and study.

There are probably as many different dialects for the heart as for the tongue, are there not?

The study of conditions will prove an education in itself and a stimulus to invention.

Yet it is only intelligence and sympathy that can bring us closer to the source of human suffering, and teach us the ultimate way out of it.

Peace or harmony between the sexes and individuals does not necessarily depend on a superficial equalization of human beings; nor does it call for the elimination of individual traits and peculiarities.

On this bit of the wild world's stage are theatrical lightning changes of scenes—changes that on most mountains would require ten thousand years or more. It is a place of strange and fleeting landscapes; the earth is ever changing like the sky.

The forest is an eternal mediator between winds and gravity in their never-ending struggle for the possession of the waters.

Have you anything better or greater to see than the sun, the moon, the stars, the whole earth, the sea?

The more experience we gain, the more progress we can make.

Every thought, every word is impressed upon it and carried out in amazing detail.

Life is a mirror, and we find only ourselves reflected in our associates.

Man can only receive what he sees himself receiving.

Man should make an art of thinking.

Most people consider life a battle, but it is not a battle, it is a game.

Whatever man feels deeply or images clearly, is impressed upon the subconscious mind, and carried out in minutest detail.

As long as you have mystery you have health; when you destroy mystery you create morbidity.

Man must have just enough faith in himself to have adventures, and just enough doubt of himself to enjoy them.

The whole point depends upon his being at once humble enough to wonder, and haughty enough to defy.

Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.

The highest result of education is tolerance.

With the first word I used intelligently, I learned to live, to think, to hope.

No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new heaven to the human spirit.

My world is built of touch-sensations, devoid of physical colour and sound; but without colour and sound it breathes and throbs with life.