Life has a higher end,than to be amused

To be prosperous is not to be superior, and should form no barrier between men. Wealth out not to secure the prosperous the slightest consideration. The only distinctions which should be recognized are those of the soul, of strong principle, of incorruptible integrity, of usefulness, of cultivated intellect, of fidelity in seeking the truth

We look forward to the time when the power to love will replace the love of power. Then will our world know the blessings of peace

It is not the quantity but the quality of knowledge which determines the mind's dignity.

Ideas are the mightiest influence on earth. One great thought breathed into a man may regenerate him

God be thanked for books; they are the voices of the distant and the dead, and make us heirs of the spiritual life of past ages

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. William Henry Channing's Symphony: some background, and its appearance in an Arthur Brisbane editorial from the 1906 collection, "Editorials From The Hearst Newspapers

Our faith comes in moments; our vice is habitual

Faith is love taking the form of aspiration

Error is discipline through which we advance