At every crossroad on the way that leads to the future, each progressive spirit is opposed by a thousand men appointed to guard the past.
Each man has to seek out his own special aptitude for a higher life in the midst of the humble and inevitable reality of daily existence. Than this, there can be no nobler aim in life.
An act of goodness is of itself an act of happiness. No reward coming after the event can compare with the sweet reward that went with it.