Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet.

It is not possible to refer a complex difficulty to a single cause.

We should not think of conversion as the acceptance of a particular creed, but as a change of heart.

Instead of being satisfied to alleviate suffering, we shall labor hard and continually to prevent it.

A man can't make a place for himself in the sun if he keeps taking refuge under the family tree.

The only real blind person at Christmas time is he who has not Christmas in his heart.

Face your deficiencies and acknowledge them; but do not let them master you. Let them teach you patience, sweetness, insight. True education combines intellect, beauty, goodness, and the greatest of these is goodness. When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another.