I must keep alive in myself the desire for my true country, which I shall not find till after death.

I'm afraid it's not much use to you, Mr. Rumblebuffin.' Not at all. Not at all.' said the giant politely. 'Never met a nicer hankerchee.

To what will you look for help if you will not look to that which is stronger than yourself?

One is given strength to bear what happens to one, but not the 100 and 1 different things that might happen.

A glimpse is not a vision. But to a man on a mountain road by night, a glimpse of the next three feet of road may matter more than a vision of the horizon.

Love, in its own nature, demands the perfecting of the beloved.

The gap between those who worship different gods is not so wide as the gap between those who worship and those who don't.