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I do not pretend to understand the moral universe, the arc is a long one, my eye reaches but little ways. I cannot calculate the curve and complete the figure by the experience of sight; I can divine it by conscience. But from what I see I am sure it bends towards justice.
Bodily vigor is good, and vigor of intellect is even better, but far above both is character.
If a man stumbles, it is a good thing to help him to his feet. Every one of us needs a helping hand now and then.
almost any man can do a great deal, if he will, by getting the utmost possible service out of the qualities that he actually possesses
The great crisis must come, or no man has the chance to develop great qualities.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness
This new world hath been the asylum for the persecuted lovers of civil and religious liberty from every part of Europe.
We have it in our power to begin the world over again
When the world was over run with tyranny the least remove therefrom was a glorious rescue.
The enormous expense of governments has provoked people to think, by making them feel; and when once the veil begins to rend, it admits not of repair.
Love is a great thing, a good above all others, which alone maketh every heavy burden light, and equaliseth every inequality.
There is a land of the living and a land of the dead and the bridge is love, the only survival, the only meaning.
I cannot believe that at this stage in our history, the American people would ever knowingly support purposeless vengeance.
It occurred to me at once that Harris had been as much afraid of me as I had been of him.
You are to become a creator, not a competitor.
You can do what you want to do, and it is your right and privilege to follow the business or avocation which will be most congenial and pleasant.
Desire is a manifestation of power.
The world is advanced only by those who more than fill their present places.
The very best thing you can do for the whole world is to make the most of yourself.
Every fact we learn leads us to the learning of another fact; knowledge is continually increasing.
Every thought we think makes it necessary for us to think another thought; consciousness is continually expanding.
Desire is possibility seeking expression, or function seeking performance.
Success in life is becoming what you want to be.
Every person naturally wants to become all that he is capable of becoming; this desire to realize innate possibilities is inherent in human nature; we cannot help wanting to be all that we can be.
The object of all life is development; and everything that lives has an inalienable right to all the development it is capable of attaining.