There is a dew in one flower and not in another, because one opens in cup and takes it in, while the other closes itself, and the drops run off. God rains His goodness and mercy as widespread as the dew, and if we lack them, it is because we will not open our hearts to receive them.

Men must read for amusement as well as for knowledge.

Theology is a science of mind applied to God.

God sends experience to paint men's portraits.

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

All men are tempted. There is no man that lives that can't be broken down, provided it is the right temptation, put in the right spot.

If there be any one whose power is in beauty, in purity, in goodness, it is a woman.