Somehow even tragedies seem less tragical, when you are the actors in them, than they look to outsiders

The time for universal praise is sure to come some day. Let us begin to do our part now.

My soul was always so full of aspirations, that a God was a necessity to me. I was like a bird with an instinct of migration upon me, and a country to migrate to was as essential as it is to the bird

If you were to write down all the possible ways to motivate people to do better work, friendly praise would have to come near the head of your list.

God is enough! All religion is enfolded for me now in these three words.

Look upon your chastening as God's chariots sent to carry your soul into the high places of spiritual achievement.

It is of course evident that everything in one's religious life depends upon the sort of God one worships. The character of the worshiper must necessarily be molded by the character of the object worshipped. If it is a cruel and revengeful God, or a selfish and unjust God, the worshiper will be cruel, and revengeful, and selfish, and unjust, also. If it is a loving, tender, forgiving, unselfish God, the worshiper will be loving, and tender, and forgiving, and unselfish, as well.