Men think God is destroying them because he is tuning them. The violinist screws up the key till the tense cord sounds the concert pitch; but it is not to break it, but to use it tunefully, that he stretches the string upon the musical rack.

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

Newspapers are the schoolmasters of the common people.

God asks no man whether he will accept life. That is not the choice. You must take it. The only choice is how.

Expedients are for an hour, but principles are for the ages. Just because the rains descend and winds blow, we cannot afford to build on shifting sands.

Let every man come to God in his own way.

The fear of doing right is the grand treason in times of danger.