There is a great deal of self-will in the world, but very little genuine independence of character.

Eternity will not be long enough to learn all he is, or to praise him for all he has done, but then, that matters not; for we shall be always with him, and we desire nothing more.

Nobody is kind to only one person at once, but to many persons in one.

Deep theology is the best fuel of devotion; it readily catches fire, and once kindled it burns long.

There's a wideness in God's mercy Like the wideness of the sea Oratory Hymns.

Every moment of resistance to temptation is a victory.

Kind words are the music of the world. They have a power which seems to be beyond natural causes, as if they were some angel's song which had lost its way and come to earth.