We Must Not Waste Life

Do Anything Rather Than Give Yourself To Reverie.

To Do God's Will As Fast As It Is Made Known To Us, To Inquire Hourly -- I Had Almost Said Each Moment -- What He Requires Of Us, And To Leave Ourselves, Our Friends, And Every Interest At His Control, With A Cheerful Trust That The Path Which He Marks Out Leads To Our Perfection And To Himself, -- This Is At Once Our Duty And Happiness; And Why Will We Not Walk In The Plain, Simple Way?.

To Be Prosperous Is Not To Be Superior, And Should Form No Barrier Between Men. Wealth Out Not To Secure The Prosperous The Slightest Consideration. The Only Distinctions Which Should Be Recognized Are Those Of The Soul, Of Strong Principle, Of Incorruptible Integrity, Of Usefulness, Of Cultivated Intellect, Of Fidelity In Seeking The Truth.

It Feeds And Grows On The Blood Which It Sheds. The Passions , From Which It Springs, Gain Strength And Fury From Indulgence.

The Mind, In Proportion As It Is Cut Off From Free Communication With Nature, With Revelation, With God, With Itself, Loses Its Life, Just As The Body Droops When Debarred From The Air And The Cheering Light From Heaven.