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.

There are thousands willing to do great things for one willing to do a small thing.

Her face was fair and pretty, with eyes like two bits of night sky, each with a star dissolved in the blue.

To have what we want is riches; but to be able to do without is power.

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.

What I would say is this, that the light is not blinding because God would hide, but because the truth is too glorious for our vision.

How strange this fear of death is! We are never frightened at a sunset.