Every Man Is A Volume If You

Religion Is Faith In An Infinite Creator, Who Delights In And Enjoins That Rectitude Which Conscience Commands Us To Seek. This Conviction Gives A Divine Sanction To Duty.

I Am A Living Member Of The Great Family Of All Souls; And I Cannot Improve Or Suffer Myself, Without Diffusing Good Or Evil Around Me Through An Ever-enlarging Sphere. I Belong To This Family. I Am Bound To It By Vital Bonds.

To Give A Generous Hope To A Man Of His Own Nature, Is To Enrich Him Immeasurably.

I Laugh, For Hope Hath A Happy Place With Me; If My Boat Sinks, 'tis To Another Sea.

A General Loftiness Of Sentiment, Independence Of Men, Consciousness Of Good Intentions, Self-oblivion In Great Objects, Clear Views Of Futurity; Thoughts Of The Blessed Companionship Of Saints And Angels, Trust In God As The Friend Of Truth And Virtue,--these Are The States Of Mind In Which I Should Live.