Faith is the sight of the inward eye.

We must have the glory sink into us before it can be reflected from us. In deep inward beholding we must have Christ in our hearts, that He may shine forth from our lives.

Love is the only fire that is hot enough to melt the iron obstinacy of a creatures's will.

Man's course begins in a garden, but it ends in a city.

God gives us power to bear all the sorrows of His making; but He does not give us power to bear the sorrows of our own making, which the anticipation of sorrow most assuredly is.

A picture without sky has no glory. This present, unless we see gleaming beyond it the eternal calm of the heavens, above the tossing tree tops with withering leaves, and the smoky chimneys, is a poor thing for our eyes to gaze at, or our hearts to love, or our hands to toil on.

Let me always remember that it is not the amount of religious knowledge which I have, but the amount which I use, that determines my religious position and character.