We do not compromise our own faith by admitting the honesty of another's doubt.

The conservative may clamor against reform, but he might as well clamor against the centrifugal force. He sighs for the "good old times,"--he might as well wish the oak back into the acorn.

In the matter of faith, we have the added weight of hope to that of reason in the convictions which we sustain relating to a future state.

Can you conceive of anything that so represents the glory, and truth, and marvelousness of God's nature as the idea of peace?

The way to overcome evil is to love something that is good.

Neutral men are the devil's allies.

The excellence and inspiration of truth is in the pursuit, not in the mere having of it. The pursuit of all truth is a kind of gymnastics; a man swings from one truth with higher strength to gain another. The continual glory is the possibility opening before us.