The theological systems of men and schools of men are determined always by the character of their ideal of Christ, the central fact of the Christian system.

The faculties of our souls differ as widely as the features of our faces and the forms of our frames.

In my judgment, a great mistake has been made by well meaning and zealous men, through treating error and infidelity with altogether too much respect.

No man ever feels the restraint of law so long as he remains within the sphere of his liberty -- a sphere, by the way, always large enough for the full exercise of his powers and the supply of all his legitimate wants.

I count this thing to be grandly true: That a noble deed is a step toward God-- Lifting the soul from the common clod To a purer air and a broader view.

A young man rarely gets a better vision of himself than that which is reflected from a true woman's eyes; for God himself sits behind them.

It is better to be a self-made man,--filled up according to God's original pattern,--than to be half a man, made after some other man's pattern.