Give us that calm certainty of truth, that nearness to Thee, that conviction of the reality of the life to come, which we shall need to bear us through the troubles of this.

That state of mind in which a man is impressed with invisible things is faith.

Thorough selfishness destroys or paralyzes enjoyment. A heart made selfish by the contest for wealth is like a citadel stormed in war, utterly shattered.

The real democratic American idea is, not that every man shall be on a level with every other man, but that every man shall have liberty to be what God made him, without hindrance.

The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide world's joy.

A mother's prayers, silent and gentle, can never miss the road to the throne of all bounty.

We are never ripe till we have been made so by suffering.