I am an emptiness for Thee to fill; my soul a cavern for Thy sea

We are all very anxious to be understood, and it is very hard not to be. But there is one thing much more necessary.' What is that, grandmother?' To understand other people.' Yes, grandmother. I must be fair - for if I'm not fair to other people, I'm not worth being understood myself. I see.

God left the world unfinished for man to work his skill upon. He left the electricity still in the cloud, the oil still in the earth.

Forgiveness is the giving, and so the receiving, of life.

What I would say is this, that the light is not blinding because God would hide, but because the truth is too glorious for our vision.

I write, not for children,but for the child-like, whether they be of five, or fifty, or seventy-five.

I don't know how to thank you.' Then I will tell you. There is only one way I care for. Do better, and grow better, and be better.