The Bible is to me the most precious thing in the world, because it tells me his story; and what good men thought about him who knew him and accepted him.

To try to be brave is to be brave.

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

I watched her departure, as one watches a sunset. She went like a radiance through the dark wood, which was henceforth bright to me, from simply knowing that such a creature was in it.

My prayers, my God, flow from what I am not; I think thy answers make me what I am.

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

All things are possible with God, but all things are not easy.