That by desiring what is perfectly good, even when we don't quite know what it is and cannot do what we would, we are part of the divine power against evil -- widening the skirts of light and making the struggle with darkness narrower.

Men can do nothing without the make-believe of a beginning.

There's many a good bit o' work done with a sad heart.

Wear a smile and have friends; wear a scowl and have wrinkles.

The yoke a man creates for himself by wrong-doing will breed hate in the kindliest nature.

... there is a lightness about the feminine mind--a touch and go--music, the fine arts, that kind of thing--they should study those up to a certain point, women should; but in a light way, you know.

How can one ever do anything nobly Christian, living among people with such petty thoughts?