“You never can tell what your thoughts will do, In bringing you hate or love; For thoughts are things, and their airy wings Are swifter than carrier doves. They follow the law of the universe,-- Each thing must create its kind; And they speed o’er the track to bring you back Whatever went out from your mind.” Do the duty which lies nearest thee, which thou knowest to be a duty. Thy second duty will already have become clearer.--_Carlyle._ We need a revival of the individual. The question is not, What are they doing?--but, What am I doing? Not, Why do you not do this, that, or the other?--but, Why am not I doing this, that, or the other?--_Jenkin Lloyd Jones._ That man is blessed who every day is permitted to behold anything so pure and serene as the western sky at sunset, while revolutions vex the world.--_Henry D. Thoreau._ There’s life alone in duty done, And rest alone in striving. --_Whittier._ It is a matter of economy to be happy, to view life and all its conditions from the brightest angle; it enables one to seize life at its very best. It expands the soul.--_H. W. Dresser._ To educate the heart, one must be willing to go out of himself, and to come into loving contact with Others.--_James Freeman Clarke._ Associate reverently, and as much as you can, with your loftiest thought.--_Henry D. Thoreau._ This question then is ours--are we doing our part in the growth of the race? In the current of life are we moving forward? Do our years mark milestones in humanity’s struggle towards perfection? Is the God within us so much more unrolled, when our development has reached its highest point? Can we transmit to our children a better heritage of brain and soul than our fathers left to us? Has the race through us gained some little in the direction of the law of love? If we have done our part in this struggle our lives have not been in vain.--_David Starr Jordan._ Virgil said of the winning crew in his boat-race, “They can, because they believe they can.” Let us be of good cheer, remembering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never come.--_Lowell._ To be wise we must first learn to be happy: for those who can finally issue forth from self by the portal of happiness, know infinitely wider freedom than those who pass through the gate of sadness.--_Maurice Materlinck._ When we humor our weaknesses they force themselves continually upon our attention, like spoiled children. When we assert our mastery of ourselves and compel its recognition, we stand secure in our sovereign rights.--_Chas. B. Newcomb._ Put away all sarcasm from your speech. Never complain. Do not prophesy evil. Have a good word for everyone, or else keep silent.--_Henry Ward Beecher._