Love is the spirit of life, and makes all things live.
- James Freeman Clarke
The art of life consists in taking each event which befalls us with a contented mind, confident of good. ... With this method ... rejoice always, though in the midst of sorrows, and possess all things, though destitute of everything.
- James Freeman Clarke
Conscience in the soul is the root of all true courage. If a man would be brave, let him learn to obey his conscience.
- James Freeman Clarke
Manliness means perfect manhood, as womanliness implies perfect womanhood. Manliness is the character of a man as he ought to be, as he was meant to be.
- James Freeman Clarke
A politician thinks of the next election; a statesman thinks of the next generation.
