These gems have life in them: their colors speak, say what words fail of.

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.

... learning to love any one is like an increase of property, -- it increases care, and brings many new fears lest precious things should come to harm.

It is a wonderful subduer, this need of love-this hunger of the heart-as peremptory as that other hunger by which Nature forces us to submit to the yoke, and change the face of the world.

The bow always strung ... will not do.

Decide on what you think is right, and stick to it.

Failure after long perseverance is much grander than never to have a striving good enough to be called a failure.