There is no inborn longing that shall not be fulfilled. I think that is as certain as the forgiveness of sins.

What would the Living One have me do?

But we believe – nay, Lord we only hope, That one day we shall thank thee perfectly For pain and hope and all that led or drove Us back into the bosom of thy love.

Trust to God to weave your thread into the great web, though the pattern shows it not yet.

What a good thing, for instance, it was that one princess should sleep for a hundred years! Was she not saved from all the plague of young men who were not worthy of her? And did not she come awake exactly at the right moment when the right prince kissed her? For my part, I cannot help wishing a good many girls would sleep till just the same fate overtook them. It would be happier for them, and more agreeable to their friends.

In the midst of death we are in life. Life is the only reality; what men call death is but a shadow.

The principle part of faith is patience.