Nothing dies so hard, or rallies so often as intolerance.

If a man meets with injustice, it is not required that he shall not be roused to meet it; but if he is angry after he has had time to think upon it, that is sinful. The flame is not wrong, but the coals are.

I never know how to worship until I know how to love; and to love I must have something that I can put my arms around, — something that, touching my heart, shall leave not the chill of ice, but the warmth of summer.

The diameter of each day is measured by the stretch of thought - not by the rising and setting of the sun.

It's easier to go down a hill than up it but the view is much better at the top.

Weak minds may be injured by novel-reading; but sensible people find both amusement and instruction therein.

O Lord God, we pray that we may be inspired to nobleness of life in the least things. May we dignify all our daily life. May we set such a sacredness upon every part of our life, that nothing shall be trivial, nothing unimportant, and nothing dull, in the daily round.