“A man may be so much of every thing, that he is nothing of any thing.”

“Every man is fully satisfied that there is such a thing as truth, or he would not ask any question.”

“There is nothing with which every man is so afraid as getting to know how enormously much he is capable of doing and becoming.”

“No single thing is so important to every man as to have for neighbors intelligent, companionable persons. There is nothing, therefore, which the nation can do for him that will enhance so much his own happiness as to educate his neighbors.”

“Every body is in place; but nothing essentially incorporeal, or any thing of this kind, has any locality.”

“What is asked of a man that he may be able to pray for his enemies? To pray for one’s enemies is the hardest thing of all. That is why it exasperates us so much in our present day situation.”

“Nothing may happen without wyrd, for it is present in everything, but wyrd does not make things happen. Wyrd is created at every instant, and so wyrd is the happening.”

“A man may imagine things that are false, but he can only understand things that are true.”

“It may be a very little thing for you to say to a young man the few words that turn him from the way of ruin, and win him back to life and hope. It may be a very little thing to you; but it is every thing to the young man.”

“A man must love a thing very much if he not only practices it without any hope of fame and money, but even practices it without any hope of doing it well.”