But more impressive than the facts and figures as to height, width, age, etc., are the entrancing beauty and tranquility that pervade the forest, the feelings of peace, awe and reverence that it inspires.

But it is not the rich man only who is under the dominion of things; they too are slaves who, having no money, are unhappy from the lack of it.

Forgiveness is the giving and so the receiving of life. the latter may be an impulse of a moment of heat; whereas the former is a cold and deliberate choice of the heart.

When a feeling was there, they felt as if it would never go; when it was gone, they felt as if it had never been; when it returned, they felt as if it had never gone.

Until a man has love, it is well he should have fear. So long as there are wild beasts about, it is better to be afraid than secure.

A man is as free as he chooses to make himself, never an atom freer.

In low theologies, hell is invariably the deepest truth, and the love of God is not so deep as hell.