Live not as though there were a thousand years ahead of you. Fate is at your elbow; make yourself good read more

Live not as though there were a thousand years ahead of you. Fate is at your elbow; make yourself good while life and power are still yours.

No good Book, or good thing of any sort, shows its best face at
first.

No good Book, or good thing of any sort, shows its best face at
first.

I've often said, the only thing standing between me and greatness is me

I've often said, the only thing standing between me and greatness is me

If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.

If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.

There is much pain that is quite noiseless; and vibrations that make human agonies are often a mere whisper in read more

There is much pain that is quite noiseless; and vibrations that make human agonies are often a mere whisper in the roar of hurrying existence.

All good things are wild, and free.

All good things are wild, and free.

To make one good action succeed another, is the perfection of goodness.

To make one good action succeed another, is the perfection of goodness.

That good diffused may more abundant grow.

That good diffused may more abundant grow.

It is harder to kill a whisper than even a shouted calumny.

It is harder to kill a whisper than even a shouted calumny.