Man must get his thoughts, words and actions out of this vast moral jungle. We are not predators. We are, read more

Man must get his thoughts, words and actions out of this vast moral jungle. We are not predators. We are, hopefully, more than instinctive killers and selfish brutes. Why take such a dim view of our potentialities and capabilities?

Natural ability without education has more often raised a man to glory and virtue than education without natural ability.

Natural ability without education has more often raised a man to glory and virtue than education without natural ability.

Profundity of thought belongs to youth, clarity of thought to old age.

Profundity of thought belongs to youth, clarity of thought to old age.

Begin -- to begin is half the work, let half still remain; again begin this, and thou wilt have finished.

Begin -- to begin is half the work, let half still remain; again begin this, and thou wilt have finished.

If you don't ask, you don't get.

If you don't ask, you don't get.

Even the richest soil, if left uncultivated will produce the rankest weeds.

Even the richest soil, if left uncultivated will produce the rankest weeds.

If the career you have chosen has some unexpected inconvenience, console yourself by reflecting that no career is without them.

If the career you have chosen has some unexpected inconvenience, console yourself by reflecting that no career is without them.

Silence is as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unhewn marble of a great sculpture.

Silence is as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unhewn marble of a great sculpture.

Zeal without humanity is like a ship without a rudder, liable to be stranded at any moment.

Zeal without humanity is like a ship without a rudder, liable to be stranded at any moment.