The happiness which God designs for his higher creatures is the happiness of being freely, voluntarily united to him.

As for wrinkles--Pshaw! Why shouldn't we have wrinkles? Honorable insignia of long service in this warfare.

The hard sayings of our Lord are wholesome to those only who find them hard.

Writing is like a 'lust,' or like 'scratching when you itch.' Writing comes as a result of a very strong impulse, and when it does come, I for one must get it out.

Everyone says that forgiveness is a lovely idea until he has something to forgive yet tasted one of the most sublime enjoyments of life.

If we will not learn to eat the only food that the universe grows...then we must starve eternally.

God sometimes seems to speak to us most intimately when he catches us, as it were, off our guard.