Go on your knees before God. Bring all your idols; bring self-will, and pride, and every evil lust before Him, and give them up. Devote yourself, heart and soul, to His will; and see if you do not "know of the doctrine.

Today is a goblet day. The whole heavens have been mingled with exquisite skill to a delicious flavor, and the crystal cup put to every lip. Breathing is like ethereal drinking. It is a luxury simply to exist.

We may cover a multitude of sins with the white robe of charity.

There is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the child.

Remember God's bounty in the year. String the pearls of His favor. Hide the dark parts, except so far as they are breaking out in light! Give this one day to thanks, to joy, to gratitude!

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

No man ever learned to love God with all his heart, and his neighbour as himself, in a day.