But there is no veil like light--no adamantine armor against hurt like the truth.

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

It is the heart that is not sure of its God that is afraid to laugh in His presence.

Free will is not the liberty to do whatever one likes, but the power of doing whatever one sees ought to be done, even in the very face of otherwise overwhelming impulse. There lies freedom, indeed.

He who is faithful over a few things is a lord of cities. It does not matter whether you preach in Westminster Abbey or teach a ragged class, so you be faithful. The faithfulness is all.

There is little hope of the repentance and redemption of certain some until they have committed one or another of the many wrong things of which they are daily, through a course of unrestrained selfishness, becoming more and more capable.

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