Every increased possession loads us with new weariness.
I believe that the first test of a great man is his humility. I don't mean by humility, doubt of his power. But really great men have a curious feeling that the greatness is not of them, but through t...
There is never vulgarity in a whole truth, however commonplace. It may be unimportant or painful. It cannot be vulgar. Vulgarity is only in concealment of truth, or in affectation.
You may either win your peace or buy it: win it, by resistance to evil buy it, by compromise with evil.
An architect should live as little in cities as a painter. Send him to our hills, and let him study there what nature understands by a buttress, and what by a dome.
To make your children capable of honesty is the beginning of education.
The weakest among us has a gift however seemingly trivial which is peculiar to him and which worthily used will be a gift also to his race.
Cheerfulness is as natural to the heart of man in strong health as color to his cheek and wherever there is habitual gloom there must be either bad air unwholesome food improperly severe labor or e...
No changing of place at a hundred miles an hour will make us one whit stronger, or happier, or wiser. There was always more in the world than man could see, walked they ever so slowly; they will see i...
Men don't and can't live by exchanging articles, but by producing them. They don't live by trade, but by work. Give up that foolish and vain title of Trades Unions and take that of laborers Unions.
A great thing can only be done by a great person and they do it without effort.
Some slaves are scoured to their work by whips, others by their restlessness and ambition.
No one can do me any good by loving me I have more love than I need or could do any good with but people do me good by making me love them - which isn't easy.