Some people think black is the color of heaven, and that the more they can make their faces look like midnight, the more evidence they have of grace. But God, who made the sun and the flowers, never sent me to proclaim to you such a lie as that.

Men will let you abuse them if only you will make them laugh.

The Bible is like a telescope. If a man looks through his telescope, then he sees worlds beyond; but, if he looks at his telescope, then he does not see anything but that.

If you are idle, you are on the road to ruin; and there are few stopping-places upon it. It is rather a precipice than a road

Selfishness at the expense of others happiness is demonism.

The rarest feeling that ever lights a human face is the contentment of a loving soul.

It is defeat that turns bone to flint; it is defeat that turns gristle to muscle; it is defeat that makes men invincible. Do not then be afraid of defeat. You are never so near to victory as when defeated in a good cause.