Real Inward Devotion Knows No Prayer But

Prayer Is Intended To Increase The Devotion Of The Individual, But If The Individual Himself Prays He Requires No Formula; He Pours Himself Forth Much More Naturally In Self-chosen And Connected Thoughts Before God, And Scarcely Requires Words At All. Real Inward Devotion Knows No Prayer But That Arising From The Depths Of Its Own Feelings.

Freedom Is But The Possibility Of A Various And Indefinite Activity; While Government, Or The Exercise Of Dominion, Is A Single, Yet Real Activity. The Longing For Freedom, Therefore, Is At First Only Too Frequently Suggested By The Deep-felt Consciousness Of Its Absence.

However Benevolent May Be The Intentions Of Providence, They Do Not Always Advance The Happiness Of The Individual. Providence Has Always Higher Ends In View, And Works In A Pre-eminent Degree On The Inner Feelings And Disposition.

Whatever Does Not Spring From A Man's Free Choice, Or Is Only The Result Of Instruction And Guidance, Does Not Enter Into His Very Being, But Still Remains Alien To His True Nature; He Does Not Perform It With Truly Human Energies, But Merely With Mechanical Exactness.

A Man Must Seek His Happiness And Inward Peace From Objects Which Cannot Be Taken Away From Him.