... people have founded vast schemes upon a very few words.

I never lose an opportunity of urging a practical beginning, however small, for it is wonderful how often in such matters the mustard-seed germinates and roots itself.

The craving for 'the return of the day', which the sick so constantly evince, is generally nothing but the desire for light.

I attribute my success to this - I never gave or took any excuse.

To understand God's thoughts, one must study statistics, for these are the measure of His purpose.

That Religion is not devotion, but work and suffering for the love of God; this is the true doctrine of Mystics.

My family tried to educate me in the way they thought a young woman should be. But I wanted to learn about mathmatics. I must have gotten that from my father, he was a master of math and science, and I always liked that sort of thing, too. Of course my mother and father did not agree with me on becoming more educated in mathmatics, but I was persistent and eventualy they gave in and I was taught by a wonderful teacher.