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

Religion is using everything for God.

Some men are like pyramids, which are very broad where they touch the ground, but grow narrow as they reach the sky.

Every charitable act is a stepping stone toward heaven.

The soul is a temple; and God is silently building it by night and by day. Precious thoughts are building it; disinterested love is building it; all-penetrating faith is building it.

Faith is a recognition of those things which are above the senses.

The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won't.