Scientific progress makes moral progress a necessity; for if man's power is increased, the checks that restrain him from abusing it must be strengthened.
The human mind always makes progress, but it is a progress in spirals.
Sow good services: sweet remembrances will grow from them.
That past which is so presumptuously brought forward as a precedent for the present, was itself founded on some past that went before it.
Prayer is more than meditation. In meditation, the source of strength is one's self. When one prays, he goes to a source of strength greater than his own.
Politeness is the art of choosing among your thoughts.
