Love without faith is as bad as faith without love.

Affliction comes to us all, not to make us sad, but sober; not to make us sorry, but to make us wise; not to make us despondent, but by its darkness to refresh us as the night refreshes the day; not to impoverish, but to enrich us

The ignorant classes are the dangerous classes.

Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation.

You are not called to be a canary in a cage. You are called to be an eagle, and to fly sun to sun, over continents.

A very common flower adds generosity to beauty. It gives joy to the poor, to the rude, and to the multitudes who could have no flowers were nature to charge a price for her blossoms.

Watch lest prosperity destroy generosity.