Quotes

That discipline which corrects the eagerness of worldly passions, which fortifies the heart with virtuous principles, which enlivens the mind with useful knowledge, and

Of all earthly music, that which reaches farthest into heaven is the beating of a truly loving heart.

The true men of action in our time, those who transform the world, are not the politicians and statesmen, but the scientists.

In dealings between men, truth, sincerity and integrity are of the utmost importance to the felicity of life.

The effect of great and inevitable misfortune is to elevate those souls which it does not deprive of all virtue.

While there is a chance of the world getting through its troubles, I hold that a reasonable man has to behave as though he

There is surely a piece of divinity in us, something that was before the elements, and owes no homage to the sun.

There is no such thing as a great talent without great will-power.

Hope is a feeling that life and work have meaning. You either have it or you don’t, regardless of the state of the world

Human failures, like human successes, are composed of one action at a time and achieved by one person at a time.