A child is a beam of sunlight from the Infinite and Eternal, with possibilities of virtue and vice- but as yet unstained.
A child is a beam of sunlight from the Infinite and Eternal, with possibilities of virtue and vice- but as yet unstained.
A child is a beam of sunlight from the Infinite and Eternal, with possibilities of virtue and vice- but as yet unstained.
The highest qualities of character… must be earned.
It is easy to condemn, it is better to pity.
I abhor a hoe. I am fond of flowers but not of dirt, and had rather buy them than cultivate them.
I cannot harness a horse. I am afraid of a cow.
Patience is passion tamed.
Every life is a march from innocence, through temptation, to virtue or vice.
I hate politics and what are considered their appropriate measures. I hate notoriety, public meetings, public speeches, caucuses and everything that I know of which is apparently the necessary incident of politics – except doing public work to the best of my ability.
Every man’s ability may be strengthened or increased by culture.
War is the science of destruction.