There is no general doctrine which is not capable of eating out our morality if unchecked by the deep-seated habit of direct fellow-feeling with individual fellow-men.

... one's own faults are always a heavy chain to drag through life and one can't help groaning under the weight now and then.

It is surely better to pardon too much, than to condemn too much.

Man cannot choose his duties.

We are contented with our day when we have been able to bear our grief in silence, and act as if we were not suffering.

A proud heart and a lofty mountain are never fruitful.

When a homemaking aunt scolds a niece for following her evangelistic passion instead of domestic pursuits, her reply is interesting. First, she clarifies that God's individual call on her doesn't condemn those in more conventional roles. Then, she says she can no more ignore the cry of the lost than her aunt can the cry of her child.