Act So As To Elicit The Best

The Infinite, From Which Comes The Impulse That Lead Us To Activity, Is Not The Highest Reason, But Higher Than Reason; Not The Highest Goodness, But Higher Than Goodness.

In Order To Join Vigorously In The Moral Work Of The World I Must Believe That Somehow The Best I Can Accomplish Will Endure, Will Leave Its Trace On Things, Will Aid The Final Consummation.

Religion Is A Wizard, A Sibyl . . . She Faces The Wreck Of Worlds, And Prophesies Restoration. She Faces A Sky Blood-red With Sunset Colours That Deepen Into Darkness, And Prophesies Dawn. She Faces Death, And Prophesies Life.

Few Are There That Will Leave The Secure Seclusion Of The Scholar's Life, The Peaceful Walks Of Literature And Learning, To Stand Out A Target For The Criticism Of Unkind And Hostile Minds.

The Truth Which Has Made Us Free Will In The End Make Us Glad Also. Every Outcry Against The Oppression Of Some People By Other People, Or Against What Is Morally Hideous Is The Affirmation Of The Principle That A Human Being As Such Is Not To Be Violated. A Human Being Is Not To Be Handled As A Tool But Is To Be Respected And Revered.