“It was a high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, "Always do what you are afraid to do.”

“Always do what you are afraid to do.”

“Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better. What if they are a little coarse and you may get your coat soiled or torn? What if you do fail, and get fairly rolled in the dirt once or twice? Up again, you shall never be so afraid of a tumble.”

“What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say.”

“I remember an answer which when quite young I was prompted to make to a valued adviser who was wont to importune me with the dear old doctrines of the church. On my saying, What have I to do with the sacredness of traditions, if I live wholly from within? my friend suggested--'But these impulses may be from below, not from above.' I replied, 'They do not seem to me to be such; but if I am the devil's child, I will live them from the devil.”

“Do not say things. Who you are thunders over you all the while so that I cannot hear what you say to the contrary.”

“What I need is someone who will make me do what I can.”