If there be a God and one has never sought him, it will be small consolation to remember that one could not get proof of his existence.

Never be discouraged because good things get on so slowly here; and never fail daily to do that good which lies next to your hand.

No, there is no escape. There is no heaven with a little of hell in it--no plan to retain this or that of the devil in our hearts or our pockets. Out Satan must go, every hair and feather!

We have to do with God, to whom no one can look without the need of being good waking up in his heart; to think about God is to begin to be good.

Joy cannot unfold the deepest truths. Cometh white-robed Sorrow, stooping and wan, and flingeth wide the door she must not enter.

The first thing a kindness deserves is acceptance, the second, transmission.

As many as received Him, to them gave He power to become the sons of God.