 Justice and truth are too such subtle points that our tools are too blunt to touch them accurately. Topics: Justice |
| Justice is what is established; and thus all our established laws will necessarily be regarded as just without examination, since they are established. Topics: Justice |
| Justice without force is powerless; force without justice is tyrannical. Topics: Justice |
| Law, without force, is impotent. Topics: Justice |
| The finite is annihilated in the presence of the infinite, and becomes a pure nothing. So our spirit before God, so our justice before divine justice. Topics: Justice |
| Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much. Topics: Kindness |
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| Noble deeds that are concealed are most esteemed. Topics: Kindness |
| Kind words produce their own image in men's souls; and a beautiful image it is. They soothe and quiet and comfort the hearer. They shame him out of his sour, morose, unkind feelings. We have not yet begun to use kind words in such abundance as they ought to be used. Topics: Kindness |
| All the troubles of life come upon us because we refuse to sit quietly for a while each day in our rooms. Topics: Life, Prayer |
| Between us and heaven or hell there is only life, which is the frailest thing in the world. Topics: Life |
| Custom is our nature. What are our natural principles but principles of custom? Topics: Life |
| Men are so necessarily mad, that not to be mad would amount to another form of madness. Topics: Life, Men |
