A peasant can no more help believing in a traditional superstition than a horse can help trembling when be sees a camel.

Lord! Thou art with Thy people still; they see Thee in the night-watches, and their hearts burn within them as Thou talkest with them by the way. And Thou art near to those that have not known Thee; open their eyes that they may see Thee--see Thee weeping over them, and saying, "Ye will not come unto me that ye might have life"--see Thee hanging on the cross and saying, "Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do"--see Thee as Thou wilt come again in Thy glory to judge them at the last. Amen.

The only failure one should fear, is not hugging to the purpose they see as best.

The strength of the donkey mind lies in adopting a course inversely as the arguments urged, which, well considered, requires as great a mental force as the direct sequence.

There is no private life which has not been determined by a wider public life.

What is your religion? I mean-not what you know about religion but the belief that helps you most?

A mother's yearning feels the presence of the cherished child even in the degraded man.