But still anger ought be far from us, for nothing is able to be done rightly nor judiciously with anger. On Duties

Nature is not a temple but a workshop, and man is the workman in it." Fathers and Sons

All colors and blends of Americans have somewhat the same tendencies. It's a breed — selected out by accident. And so we're overbrave and overfearful — we're kind and cruel as children. We're overfriendly and at the same time frightened of strangers. We boast and are impressed. We're oversentimental and realistic. We are mundane and materialistic — and do you know of any other nation that acts for ideals? We eat too much. We have no taste, no sense of proportion. We throw our energy about like waste. In the old lands they say of us that we go from barbarism to decadence without an intervening culture. East Of Eden

Remember that wherever your heart is, there you will find your treasure. The Alchemist