Truthfulness is godliness.

Like a bird she seems to wear gay plumage unconsciously, as if it grew upon her.

Do not be troubled because you have not great virtues. God made a million spears of grass where He made one tree. The earth is fringed and carpeted, not with forests, but with grasses. Only have enough of little virtues and common fidelities, and you need not mourn because you are neither a hero or a saint.

Storms purify the atmosphere.

You may say, "I wish to send this ball so as to kill the lion crouching yonder, ready to spring upon me. My wishes are all right, and I hope Providence will direct the ball." Providence won't. You must do it; and if you do not, you are a dead man.

The religion that fosters intolerance needs another Christ to die for it.

It is not in the nature of true greatness to be exclusive and arrogant.