Godliness, as well as the doctrine of our faith, is a mystery.
It is the saying of an ancient sage that humor was the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor.
As many as are the difficulties which Virtue has to encounter in this world, her force is yet superior.
The most natural beauty in the world is honesty and moral truth. For all beauty is truth. True features make the beauty of the face; true proportions, the beauty of architecture; true measures, the beauty of harmony and music.
Temper, if ungoverned, governs the whole man.
To love the public, to study universal good, and to promote the interest of the whole world, as far as lies within our power, is the height of goodness, and makes that temper which we call divine.
When men are easy in themselves, they let others remain so.
When I recognize I've got anger, then I realize it's because I have a need that's not being met.
We elect our Presidents, be they Republican or Democrat, then start daring 'em to make good.
A lot of people say there is no happiness in this life and certainly there's no permanent happiness. But self-sufficiency creates happiness.
The great Chinese classics have always said that it's better not to fight; that the clever man achieves his ends without violence; that a battle delayed is better than a battle fought.