Suffering is part of the divine idea.

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.

The advertisements in a newspaper are more full knowledge in respect to what is going on in a state or community than the editorial columns are.

Love is not a possession but a growth. The heart is a lamp with just oil enough to burn for an hour, and if there be no oil to put in again its light will go out. God's grace is the oil that fills the lamp of love.

Everyone has conscience enough to hate; few have religion enough to love.

To know that one has a secret is to know half the secret itself.

The imagination is the secret and marrow of civilization. It is the very eye of faith.