People may excite in themselves a glow of compassion, not by toasting their feet at the fire, and saying: "Lord, teach me compassion," but by going and seeking an object that requires compassion.

Beware of him who hates the laugh of a child.

Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.

Mirth is the sweet wine of human life. It should be offered sparkling with zestful life unto God.

It will not do to be saints at meeting and sinners everywhere else.

The worst prison is not of stone. It is of a throbbing heart, outraged by an infamous life.

I would rather speak the truth to ten men than blandishments and lying to a million. Try it, ye who think there is nothing in it! Try what it is to speak with God behind you, to speak so as to be only the arrow in the bow which the Almighty draws.