When a man says that he is perfect already, there is only one of two places for him, and that is heaven or the lunatic asylum.

The Bible stands alone in human literature in its elevated conception of manhood, in character and conduct.

There are many troubles which you cannot cure by the Bible and the hymn-book, but which you can cure by a good perspiration and a breath of fresh air.

All work and no plagiarism makes for dull sermons!

Joy is more divine than sorrow, for joy is bread and sorrow is medicine.

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

There is not a heart but has its moments of longing, yearning for something better; nobler; holier than it knows now.