Wine and the sun will make vinegar without any shouting to help them.

Men and women are but children of a larger growth.

When God makes His presence felt through us, we are like the burning bush: Moses never took any heed what sort of bush it was—he only saw the brightness of the Lord.

Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.

A patronizing disposition always has its meaner side.

'Tis God gives skill, but not without men's hand: He could not make Antonio Stradivarius's violins without Antonio.

We are all humiliated by the sudden discovery of a fact which has existed very comfortably and perhaps been staring at us in private while we have been making up our world entirely without it.