A perfect faith would lift us absolutely above fear

All that is not God is death.

It may be an infinitely less evil to murder a man than to refuse to forgive him. The former may be the act of a moment of passion: the latter is the heart’s choice.

If both Church and fairy-tale belong to humanity, they may occasionally cross circles, without injury to either.

Many a thief is a better man than many a clergyman, and miles nearer to the gate of the kingdom.

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!

Nothing makes one feel so strong as a call for help.