He who fails to take care of himself becomes a burden; the first duty of man is not to be a burden.
— from The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Volume VIII. Interviews by Robert Green Ingersoll

"That I must use the Lord's money to do his work, daughter; a great deal of money is needed to help on the advancement of his cause and kingdom in the hearts of individuals, and in the world at large.
— from Christmas with Grandma Elsie by Martha Finley

The passion of it was on you as it was on us, as if to teach us that hunger for happiness is robbery, and that the covetous desire of man is not the will of the gods.
— from Pierre and His People: Tales of the Far North. Complete by Gilbert Parker

The Society of Alumni adopted the following preamble and resolutions: "Whereas the Bible, as the word of God, contains the highest wisdom as well as the highest truth; and whereas it is the oldest as well as the best of books, and bears a vital relation to literature and civilization as well as to religion; and whereas a knowledge of its teachings and the history of those religious opinions and institutions which have exercised a controlling influence upon the character and destiny of mankind is necessary to a broad, liberal and complete education; therefore, " Resolved , 1.
— from History of Randolph-Macon College, Virginia The Oldest Incorporated Methodist College in America by Richard Irby

The dwindling of more is not to show that wear, the spring of the change is the loosening of that.
— from Geography and Plays by Gertrude Stein

In fact, the destiny of man is not to accomplish isolated moral acts, but to be a moral being.
— from Aesthetical Essays of Friedrich Schiller by Friedrich Schiller