He is greatest whose strength carries up the most hearts by the attraction of his own.

Thinking is creating with God, as thinking is writing with the ready writer; and worlds are only leaves turned over in the process of composition, about his throne.

In this world, full often, our joys are only the tender shadows which our sorrows cast.

No man is sane who does not know how to be insane on proper occasions.

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.

There are some men's souls that are so thin, so almost destitute of what is the true idea of soul, that were not the guardian angels so keen-sighted, they would altogether overlook them.

If you want your neighbor to know what Christ will do for him, let the neighbor see what Christ has done for you.