He who takes offense when no offense is intended is a fool, and he who takes offense when offense is intended is a greater fool.
Education is the power to think clearly, the power to act well in the world’s work, and the power to appreciate life.
If you are ever called upon to chasten a person, never chasten beyond the balm you have within you to bind up.
If you educate a man you educate a person, but if you educate a woman you educate a family
If the Devil says you cannot pray when you are angry, tell him it is none of his business, and pray until that species of insanity is dispelled and serenity is restored to the mind. (p. 175)
Why should we worry about what others think of us, do we have more confidence in their opinions than we do our own?
We should never permit ourselves to do anything that we are not willing to see our children do. We should set them an example that we wish them to imitate.
It is difficult to find anything more healthy to drink than good cold water, such as flows down to us from springs and snows of our mountains. This is the beverage we should drink. It should be our drink at all times.
Any young man who is unmarried at the age of twenty one is a menace to the community.
True independence and freedom can only exist in doing what’s right.
Don’t try to tear down other people’s religion about their ears, Build up your own perfect structure of truth, and invite your listeners to enter in and enjoy its glories.
Education is the power to think clearly, the power to act well in the worlds work, and the power to appreciate life.
There is no knowledge, no light, no wisdom that you are in possession of, but what you have received it from some source.