Coercion may prevent many transgressions; but it robs even actions which are legal of a part of their beauty. Freedom may lead to many transgressions, but it lends even to vices a less ignoble form.
War seems to be one of the most salutary phenomena for the culture of human nature; and it is not without regret that I see it disappearing more and more from the scene.
If we glance at the most important revolutions in history, we see at once that the greatest number of these originated in the periodical revolutions on the human mind.
When we ... devote ourselves to the strict and unsparing performance of duty, then happiness comes of itself.
When we ... devote ourselves to the strict and unsparing performance of duty, ihen happiness comes of itself.
It is almost more important how a person takes his fate than what it is.
