Keep doing good deeds long enough, and you'll probably turn out a good man in spite of yourself.

Keep doing good deeds long enough, and you'll probably turn out a good man in spite of yourself.

Time goes, you say? Ah, no! Alas, Time stays, we go.

Time goes, you say? Ah, no! Alas, Time stays, we go.

The way we imagine ourselves to appear to another person is an essential element in our conception of ourselves. In read more

The way we imagine ourselves to appear to another person is an essential element in our conception of ourselves. In other words, I am not what I think I am, and I am not what you think I am. I am what I think you think I am.

Freedom of conscience entails more dangers than authority and despotism.

Freedom of conscience entails more dangers than authority and despotism.

Rules of society are nothing; ones conscience is the umpire.

Rules of society are nothing; ones conscience is the umpire.

Take care in your minutes, and the hours will take care of themselves.

Take care in your minutes, and the hours will take care of themselves.

It has sometimes been said that we find nowhere in nature an analogue of the difference between "happens" and "is," read more

It has sometimes been said that we find nowhere in nature an analogue of the difference between "happens" and "is," on the one hand, and "ought," on the other hand.

First there is a mountain, then there is no mountain, then there is.

First there is a mountain, then there is no mountain, then there is.

Conscience is our magnetic compass; reason our chart.

Conscience is our magnetic compass; reason our chart.