The call to religion is not a call to be better than your fellows, but to be better than yourself. Religion is relative to the individual.

Love cannot endure indifference. It needs to be wanted. Like a lamp, it needs to be fed out of the oil of another's heart, or its flame burns low.

God pardons like a mother, who kisses the offense into everlasting forgiveness.

Men must read for amusement as well as for knowledge.

Some have supposed that the mosquito is of a devout turn, and never will partake of a meal without first saying grace. The devotions of some men are but a preface to blood-sucking.

Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind." I found the following quote by Goethe that can serve as a commentary on these words. "We are shaped and fashioned by what we love." "The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.

Riches are not an end of life, but an instrument of life.