Few delights can equal the presence of one whom we trust utterly.

And her life will perhaps be the richer, for holding now within it the memory of what came, but could not stay.

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.

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.

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.

When we are out of sympathy with the young, then I think our work in this world is over

Doubt may be a poor encouragement to do anything, but it is a bad reason for doing nothing.