The Great Hope Of Society Is In

Fix Your Eyes On Perfection And You Make Almost Everything Speed Towards It.

But The Ground Of A Man's Culture Lies In His Nature, Not In His Calling. His Powers Are To Be Unfolded On Account Of Their Inherent Dignity, Not Their Outward Direction. He Is To Be Educated, Because He Is A Man, Not Because He Is To Make Shoes, Nail, Or Pins.

Conscience, The Sense Of Right, The Power Of Perceiving Moral Distinctions, The Power Of Discerning Between Justice And Injustice, Excellence And Baseness, Is The Highest Faculty Given Us By God, The Whole Foundation Of Our Responsibility, And Our Sole Capacity For Religion. ...god, In Giving Us Conscience, Has Implanted A Principle Within Us Which Forbids Us To Prostrate Ourselves Before Mere Power, Or To Offer Praise Where We Do Not Discover Worth.

To Live Content With Small Means; To Seek Elegance Rather Than Luxury, And Refinement Rather Than Fashion; To Be Worthy, Not Respectable, And Wealthy, Not Rich; To Listen To Stars And Birds, Babes And Sages, With Open Heart; To Study Hard; To Think Quietly, Act Frankly, Talk Gently, Await Occasions, Hurry Never; In A Word, To Let The Spiritual, Unbidden And Unconscious, Grow Up Through The Common - This Is My Symphony.

One Good Anecdote Is Worth A Volume Of Biography.