I repent me of the ignorance wherein I ever said that God made man out of nothing: there is no nothing out of which to make anything; God is all in all, and he made us out of himself.

When I look like this into the blue sky, it seems so deep, so peaceful, so full of a mysterious tenderness, that I could lie for centuries and wait for the dawning of the face of God out of the awe-inspiring loving-kindness.

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.

It is a happy thing for us that this is really all we have to concern ourselves about--what to do next. No man can do the second thing. He can do the first.

The kingdom of heaven is not come even when God's will is our law; it is fully come when God's will is our will.

And so all growth that is not towards God Is growing to decay.

To judge religion we must have it--not stare at it from the bottom of a seemingly interminable ladder.