In moments of doubt I cry, ‘Could God Himself create such lovely things as I dreamed?’ ‘Whence then came thy dream?’ answers Hope.

There are women who fly their falcons at any game, little birds and all.

In low theologies, hell is invariably the deepest truth, and the love of God is not so deep as hell.

It may be an infinitely less evil to murder a man than to refuse to forgive him. The former may be the act of a moment of passion: the latter is the heart’s choice.

The greatest forces lie in the region of the uncomprehended.

What God may hereafter require of you, you must not give yourself the least trouble about. Everything He gives you to do, you must do as well as ever you can, and that is the best possible preparation for what He may want you to do next. If people would but do what they have to do, they would always find themselves ready for what came next.

It is only by loving a thing that you can make it yours.