"Do not fear! Heaven is as near," He said, "by water as by land!"

Weak minds make treaties with the passions they cannot overcome, and try to purchase happiness at the expense of principle; but the resolute will of a strong man scorns such means, and struggles nobly with his foe to achieve great deeds.

Love makes its record in deeper colors as we grow out of childhood into manhood; as the Emperors signed their names in green ink when under age, but when of age, in purple.

We are all architects of faith, ever living in these walls of time.

Age is opportunity no less than youth itself.

The soul...is audible, not visible.

Glorious indeed is the world of God around us, but more glorious the world of God within us.