The grave and the image are equally links with the irrecoverable and symbols for the unimaginable.

The proper good of a creature is to surrender itself to its Creator—to enact intellectually, volitionally, and emotionally, that relationship which is given in the mere fact of its being a creature. When it does so, it is good and happy.

The hardness of God is kinder than the softness of men, and His compulsion is our liberation.

I would prefer to battle the 'I'm special' feeling not by the thought, 'I'm no more special than anyone else,' by by the feeling, 'Everyone is as special as me.'

Child, that is why all the rest are now a horror to her. That is what happens to those who pluck and eat fruits at the wrong time and in the wrong way. Oh, the fruit is good, but they loath it ever after.

The heart never takes the place of the head: but it can, and should, obey it.

The Christians are right: it is Pride which has been the chief cause of misery in every nation and every family since the world began.