In Giving, a man receives more than he gives; and the more is in proportion to the worth of the thing given.

All haste implies weakness.

I do not myself believe there is any misfortune. What men call such is merely the shadowside of a good.

The part of the philanthropist is indeed a dangerous one; and the man who would do his neighbour good must first study how not to do him evil, and must begin by pulling the beam out of his own eye.

God Himself - His thoughts, His will, His love, His judgments are men's home. To think His thoughts, to choose His will, to judge His judgments, and thus to know that He is in us, with us, is to be at home. And to pass through the valley of the shadow of death is the way home, but only thus, that as all changes have hitherto led us nearer to this home, the knowledge of God, so this greatest of all outward changes - for it is but an outward change - will surely usher us into a region where there will be fresh possibilities of drawing nigh in heart, soul, and mind to the Father of us all.

As Christ is the blossom of humanity, so the blossom of every man is Christ perfected in him.

We die daily. Happy those who daily come to life as well.