It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse with superior minds. In the best books, great men talk to us, give us their most precious thoughts, and pour their souls into ours.

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Fix your eyes on perfection and you make almost everything speed towards it.

Fix your eyes on perfection and you make almost everything speed towards it.

Our faith comes in moments; our vice is habitual

Our faith comes in moments; our vice is habitual

The reveries of youth, in which so much energy is wasted, are the yearnings of...

The reveries of youth, in which so much energy is wasted, are the yearnings of...

Every man is a volume if you know how to read him.

Every man is a volume if you know how to read him.

The office of government is not to confer happiness, but to give men the opportunity...

The office of government is not to confer happiness, but to give men the opportunity...

Do anything rather than give yourself to reverie.

Do anything rather than give yourself to reverie.

Every human being is intended to have a character of his own; to be what...

Every human being is intended to have a character of his own; to be what...

We look forward to the time when the power to love will replace the love...

We look forward to the time when the power to love will replace the love...

Great minds are to make others great. Their superiority is to be used, not to...

Great minds are to make others great. Their superiority is to be used, not to...

He who is false to the present duty breaks a thread in the loom, and...

He who is false to the present duty breaks a thread in the loom, and...

The home is the chief school of human virtues.

The home is the chief school of human virtues.

Undoubtedly a man is to labor to better his condition, but first to better himself

Undoubtedly a man is to labor to better his condition, but first to better himself

Faith is love taking the form of aspiration.

Faith is love taking the form of aspiration.

Our leading principle in interpreting Scripture is this, that the Bible is a book written...

Our leading principle in interpreting Scripture is this, that the Bible is a book written...

One good anecdote is worth a volume of biography.

One good anecdote is worth a volume of biography.

Every human being has a work to carry on within, duties to perform abroad, influence...

Every human being has a work to carry on within, duties to perform abroad, influence...

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

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

Every mind was made for growth, for knowledge, and its nature is sinned against when...

Every mind was made for growth, for knowledge, and its nature is sinned against when...

There is no female mind. The brain is not an organ of sex. Might as...

There is no female mind. The brain is not an organ of sex. Might as...

Even when we did win, we were using a rifle against a club It's our...

Even when we did win, we were using a rifle against a club It's our...