Reasoning is never, like poetry, judged from the outside at all.

And in truth (as I now see) I had the wish to put off my journey as long as I could. Not for any peril or labour it might cost; but because I could see nothing in the whole world for me to do once it was accomplished. AS long as this act lay before me, there was, as it were, some barrier between me and the dead desert which the rest of my life must be.

It is not your business to succeed, but to do right. When you have done so the rest lies with god.

If we are any good we must always be working towards the moment at which our Pupils are fit to become our Critics & Rivals

We know we are sinners, it does not follow that we are saved.

Got to start by finding it, have we? Can't start by looking for it, I suppose?

The only safe rule is to give more than we can spare. Our charities should pinch and hamper us. If we live at the same level of affluence as other people who have our level of income, we are probably giving away too little.