To turn water into wine, and what is common into what is holy, is indeed the glory of Christianity.

It is more true to say that our opinions depend upon our lives and habits, than to say that our lives and habits depend on our opinions.

Sow the seeds of life — humbleness, pure-heartedness, love; and in the long eternity which lies before the soul, every minutest grain will come up again with an increase of thirty, sixty, or a hundred fold.

The office of poetry is not to make us think accurately, but feel truly.

Pray till prayer makes you forget your own wish, and leave it or merge it in God's will.

We win by tenderness. We conquer by forgiveness.

No one can be great, or good, or happy except through the inward efforts of themselves.