“We should weigh out the consequences of everything we do, we should consider whether what we are doing is permissible or not. Habit has a big part in reformation of practice.”

“Science and technology are what we can do; morality is what we agree we should or should not do.”

“Could we forbear dispute, and practice love,
We should agree as angels do above.”

“Doing what has never been done before is intellectually seductive, whether or not we deem it practical.”

“Flesh has this awful habit of decaying. It seems that the more we live, the more we die. I disapprove of the situation, of course. But does anyone listen to me? Mayhap we should get the Queen to outlaw death. That would do it… She has outlawed everything else.”

“We should not shed tears
That is a surrender of the body to the heart
It is only proof
That we are beings that do not know
What to do with out hearts”

“Reality offers us such wealth that we must cut some of it out on the spot, simplify. The question is, do we always cut out what we should? ­”

“Good deeds do not wait for time or opportunity. We must do what we should do.”

“What we think, or what we know, or what we believe is, in the end, of little consequence. The only consequence is what we do.”

“We may well be ashamed to tell what things we have read or heard in our day. I do not know why my news should be so trivial, — considering what one's dreams and expectations are, why the developments should be so paltry. The news we hear, for the most part, is not news to our genius. It is the stalest repetition.”