It is advisable that a person know at least three things, where they are, where they are going, and what they had best do under the circumstances.

Life without industry is guilt. Industry without Art is Brutality.

Remember that the most beautiful things in the world are the most useless; peacocks and lilies, for instance.

In great countries, children are always trying to remain children, and the parents want to make them into adults. In vile countries, the children are always wanting to be adults and the parents want to keep them children.

The distinctive character of a child is to always live in the tangible present.

Government and cooperation are in all things the laws of life. Anarchy and competition, the laws of death.

Let every dawn of the morning be to you as the beginning of life. And let every setting of the sun be to you as its close. Then let everyone of these short lives leave its sure record of some kindly thing done for others; some good strength of knowledge gained for yourself.

Nearly all the evils in the Church have arisen from bishops desiring power more than light. They want authority, not outlook.

It is far better to give work that is above a person, than to educate the person to be above their work.

Nothing can be beautiful which is not true.