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.

Every moment of resistance to temptation is a victory.

We must have passed through life unobservantly, if we have never perceived that a man is very much himself what he thinks of others.

Remember that if the opportunities for great deeds should never come, the opportunities for good deeds are renewed day by day. The thing for us to long for is the goodness, not the glory.

We cannot resist the conviction that this world is for us only the porch of another and more magnificent temple of the Creator's majesty.

Each hour comes with some little faggot of God's will fastened upon its back.

The great fact is, that life is a service. The only question is, "Whom will we serve?