I have nothing to tell except travellers' stories, which are always tiresome, like the description of a play which was very exciting to those who saw it.

Those old stories of visions and dreams guiding men have their truth; we are saved by making the future present to ourselves.

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.

Hold up your head! You were not made for failure, you were made for victory. Go forward with a joyful confidence.

Don't let us rejoice in punishment, even when the hand of God alone inflicts it. The best of us are but poor wretches, just saved from shipwreck. Can we feel anything but awe and pity when we see a fellow-passenger swallowed by the waves?

I'm proof against that word failure. I've seen behind it. The only failure a man ought to fear is failure of cleaving to the purpose he sees to be best.

It is seldom that the miserable can help regarding their misery as a wrong inflicted by those who are less miserable.