Groanings which cannot be uttered are often prayers which cannot be refused.
Pardon ever follows sincere repentence.
Life is short and we have scarcely begun to live when we are called to die.
There’s no shame about any honest calling; don’t be afraid of soiling your hands, there’s plenty of soap to be had.
Faith is reason at rest in God.
God has not made this world to be a nest for us, and if we try to make it such for ourselves, he plants thorns in it, so that we may be compelled to mount and find our soul’s true home somewhere else, in a higher and nobler sphere than this poor world can give.