There was never a person who did anything worth doing that he did not receive more than he gave.

The God of the Bible is a moral monstrosity.

God wishes to exhaust all means of kindness before His hand takes hold on justice.

The thistle is a prince. Let any man that has an eye for beauty take a view of the whole plant, and where will he see a more expressive grace and symmetry; and where is there a more kingly flower?

When our children die, we drop them into the unknown, shuddering with fear. We know that they go out from us, and we stand, and pity, and wonder.

Men are like trees: each one must put forth the leaf that is created in him.

Do not be afraid of defeat. You are never so near victory as when you are defeated in a good cause.