I rose as from the death that wipes out the sadness of life, and then dies itself in the new morrow.

It matters little where a man may be at this moment; the point is whether he is growing.

Come, then, affliction, if my Father wills, and be my frowning friend. A friend that frowns is better than a smiling enemy.

You must learn to be strong in the dark as well as in the day, else you will always be only half brave.

Where did you come from, baby dear? Out of the everywhere and into here.

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.

To judge religion we must have it--not stare at it from the bottom of a seemingly interminable ladder.