He that never changes his opinions, never corrects his mistakes, and will never be wiser on the morrow than he is today.
Abuse of any one generally shows that he has marked traits of character. The stupid and indifferent are passed by in silence.
Accuracy of statement is one of the first elements of truth; inaccuracy is a near kin to falsehood.
Age does not depend upon years, but upon temperament and health. Some men are born old, and some never grow so.
Anecdotes are sometimes the best vehicles of truth, and if striking and appropriate are often more impressive and powerful than argument.
Anxiety is the rust of life, destroying its brightness and weakening its power. – A childlike and abiding trust in Providence is its best preventive and remedy.
Prejudices are rarely overcome by argument; not being founded in reason they cannot be destroyed by logic.
— Tryon Edwards
Philosophy
The desires and longings of man are vast as eternity, and they point him to it.
— Tryon Edwards
Philosophy
The leaves in autumn do not change color from the blighting touch of frost, but from the process of natural decay. They fall when the fruit is ripened, and their work is done. And their splendid coloring is but their graceful and beautiful surrender of life when they have finished their summer offering of service to God and man. And one of the great lessons the fall of the leaf teaches is this : Do your work well, and then be ready to depart when God shall call.