True politeness is the spirit of benevolence showing itself in a refined way. It is the expression of good-will and kindness. It promotes both beauty in the man who possesses it, and happiness in those who are about him. It is a religious duty, and should be a part of religious training.

What place is so rugged and so homely that there is no beauty; if you only have a sensibility to beauty?

Theology is a science of mind applied to God.

If Christ is not divine, every impulse of the Christian world falls to a lower octave, and light and love and hope decline.

The God of the Bible is a moral monstrosity.

God sends experience to paint men's portraits.

The fear of doing right is the grand treason in times of danger.