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

To be humbly ashamed is to be plunged in the cleansing bath of truth.

It needs brains to be a real fool.

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

People must believe what they can, and those who believe more must not be hard upon those who believe less. I doubt if you would have believed it all yourself if you hadn't seen some of it.

I am so tried by the things said about God. I understand God's patience with the wicked, but I do wonder how he can be so patient with the pious!

Age is not all decay; it is the ripening, the swelling, of the fresh life within, that withers and bursts the husk.