The mind must have for ballast the clear conception of duty, if it is not to fluctuate between levity and despair.

Our duty is to be useful, not according to our desires but according to our powers.

Oh be swift to live, make haste to be kind.

It is not what he had, or even what he does which expresses the worth of a man, but what he is.

Kindness is gladdening the hearts of those who are traveling the dark journey with us.

The efficacy of religion lies precisely in what is not rational, philosophic, nor eternal; its efficacy lies in the unforeseen, the miraculous, the extraordinary. Thus religion attracts more devotion according as it demands more faith - that is to say, as it becomes more incredible to the profane mind.

We only understand that which already is within us.