There is always the possibility of beauty where there is an unsealed human eye; of music where there is an unstopped human ear; and of inspiration where there is a receptive human spirit.

And let me say only this one word more: that the little things that a little Christian does are not any more than the larger things that an older Christian does.

Sin spoils the spirit's delicacy, and unwillingness deadens its susceptibility.

Genius does not care much for a set of explicit regulations, but that does not mean that genius is lawless.

Sympathy is two hearts tugging at one load.

A man's longest purposes will be his best purposes. It is true, life is short and uncertain; but it is better to live on the short arc of a large circle than to describe the whole circumference of a small circle.

Science has not solved difficulties, only shifted the points of difficulty.