“Mankind is made great or little by its own will.”

To rankling poison hast thou turned in me the milk of human kindness.

A deep meaning often lies in old customs.

Have Love. Not love alone for one, but man as man they brother call; and scatter like the circling sun thy charities on all.

Rigor pushed too far is sure to miss its aim, however good, as the bow snaps that is bent too stiffly.

Man is made of ordinary things, and habit is his nurse.

Innocence has a friend in heaven.

Be noble minded! Our own heart, and not other men’s opinions of us, forms our true honor.

To gain a crown by fighting is great, to reject it divine.

The victor is often vanquished by his own success.

One drop of hatred left in the cup of joy turns the most blissful draught into poison.

Appearance should never attain reality, And if nature conquers, then must art retire.

Full of wisdom are the ordinations of fate.

O the eye’s light is a noble gift of Heaven! All beings live from light, each fair created thing; the very plants turn with a joyful transport to the light.

Yes great people are always subject to persecution and always getting into straits.

If you cannot please everyone with your deeds and your art, please a few. To please many is bad.

Youth covets; let not this covetousness seduce you.

The great majority of women are more intelligent, better educated, and far more moral than multitudes of men whose right to vote no man questions.

I always feel the movement is a sort of mosaic. Each of us puts in one little stone, and then you get a great mosaic at the end.

Remember that this greatness was won by men with courage, with knowledge of their duty, and with a sense of honor in action.

They hadn’t much faith in travel, nor a great belief in a change of scene as a panacea for spiritual ills; they were simply glad to be going.

I was taught to think the next week or month or year will only get better than it is today. So I just keep waiting to see how great it will get!

I think the greatest lesson I have just recently learned is how powerful the mind is, informing our decision making unknowingly.

Spirit seeker is someone who remembers there is a power greater than themselves and who is willing to reconnect with it.

Get naked with your truth, offering the world your greatest gift: your authentic self.