The ingenuity of self-deception is inexhaustible.

Forgiveness is the economy of the heart... forgiveness saves the expense of anger, the cost of hatred, the waste of spirits.

When thou hast truly thanked the Lord for every blessing sent, But little time will then remain for murmur or lament.

To those who know thee not, no words can paint! And those who know thee, know all words are faint!

Man can see his reflection in water only when he bends down close to it, and the heart of man, too, must lean down to the heart of his fellow; then it will see itself within his heart.

All desire the gifts of God, but they do not desire God.

It is a part of Christianity to convert every natural talent to a religious use.