For when we cease to worship God, we do not worship nothing, we worship anything.

Gratitude, being nearly the greatest of human duties, is also nearly the most difficult.

There is something to be said for every error; but, whatever may be said for it, the most important thing to be said about it is that it is erroneous.

You can't have the family farm without the family.

'My country, right or wrong' is a thing no patriot would ever think of saying except in a desperate case. It is like saying 'My mother, drunk or sober.'

As long as the vision of heaven is always changing, the vision of earth will be exactly the same. No ideal will remain long enough to be realized, or even partly realized. The modern young man will never change his environment; for he will always change his mind.

A man making the confession of any creed worth ten minutes' intelligent talk, is always a man who gains something and gives up something. So long as he does both he can create: for he is making an outline and a shape.