we know by the odour that occasionally we are visited by skunks, which are not poetic but very beautiful.

there was nothing in the whole world so dreadful as the power of riches wrongly used.

But Aunt Margaret doesn't like boys," objected Elnora. "Well, she likes me, and I used to be a boy.

Nature can be trusted to work her own miracle in the heart of any man whose daily task keeps him alone among her sights, sounds and silences.

There never was a moment in my life, when I felt so in the Presence, as I do now. I feel as if the Almighty were so real, and so near, that I could reach out and touch Him, as I could this wonderful work of His, if I dared. I feel like saying to Him: 'To the extent of my brain power I realize Your presence, and all it is in me to comprehend of Your power. Help me to learn, even this late, the lessons of Your wonderful creations. Help me to unshackle and expand my soul to the fullest realization of Your wonders. Almighty God, make me bigger, make me broader!

The wages of sin are the hardest debts on earth to pay, and they are always collected at inconvenient times and unexpected places.

Sometimes it seems to me that the more we get hurt in this world the decenter it makes us.