But the space between heaven and earth had cooled his mind, destroyed the impulsiveness that had led him to bring her here, and made him aware of the too obvious appeal, the struggle with an unrehearsed scene and unfamiliar words.

It's the whole thing,' he asserted. 'It's the one dividing line between good and evil. I've never met a man who led a rotten life and didn't have a weak will.

Perfection of moral virtue does not wholly take away the passions, but regulates them.

Keep your temper. Nobody else wants it.

We have been tempted to believe that society has become too complex to be managed by self-rule, that government by an elite group is superior to government for, by, and of the people. But if no one among us is capable of governing himself, then who among us has the capacity to govern someone else?

We need strength, we need energy, we need quickness and we need brain in this country to turn it around.

The quality of strength lined with tenderness is an unbeatable combination, as are intelligence and necessity when unblunted by formal education.

If a strong man has not in him the lift toward lofty things, his strength makes him only a curse to himself and his neighbor.

Character is higher than intellect... A great soul will be strong to live, as well as strong to think.

Greatness lies not in being strong, but in the right use of strength.

I've found, in my own writing, that a little hatred, keenly directed, is a useful thing.

A man who cannot control his temper is not very likely to control his passions, and no matter what his pretensions in religion, he moves in daily life very close to the animal plane.