That state of mind in which a man is impressed with invisible things is faith.

The religion that fosters intolerance needs another Christ to die for it.

There is not a single heart but has its moments of longing.

Give us that calm certainty of truth, that nearness to Thee, that conviction of the reality of the life to come, which we shall need to bear us through the troubles of this.

All work and no plagiarism makes for dull sermons!

Boys have their soft and gentle moods too. You would suppose by the morning racket that nothing could be more foreign to their nature than romance and vague sadness. . . . But boys have hours of great sinking and sadness, when kindness and fondness are peculiarly needful to them.

Books are the windows through which the soul looks out.