Human Improvement Is From Within Outward.

The Secret Of A Person's Nature Lies In Their Religion And What They Really Believes About The World And Their Place In It.

Now, To A Single-minded Man, Who Is Either Brave Enough Or Reckless Enough To Surrender Himself Wholly To One Idea, And Look Neither Right Nor Left, But Only Forward, What Earthly Consequences May Follow Is Not Material. Persecution Strengthens Him; And So He Is Sure He Is Right, Whether His Course End In A Prison Or On A Throne Is No Matter At All. But Men Of This Calibre Are Uncommon In Any Age Or In Any Country Very Uncommon In This Age And This Country.

A Dreamer He Was, And Ever Would Be. Yet Dreaming Need Not Injure Us, If It Do But Take Its Turn With Waking; And Even Dreams Themselves May Be Turned To Beauty, By Favoured Men To Whom Nature Has Given The Powers Of Casting Them Into Form.

Justice Without Wisdom Is Impossible.

What Is Right Or Duty Without Power ? To Tell A Man It Is His Duty To Submit His Judgment To The Judgment Of The Church, Is Like Telling A Wife It Is Her Duty To Love Her Husband A Thing Easy To Say, But Meaning Simply Nothing. Affection Must Be Won, Not Commanded.