It is not reason which makes faith hard, but life.
Youth! youth! how buoyant are thy hopes! they turn, like marigolds, toward the sunny side.
Yet there are some resting-places, / Life's untroubled interludes; / Times when neither past nor future / On the soul's deep calm intrudes.
Man is the miracle in nature. God Is the One Miracle to man.
There's no dew left on the daisies and clover; there's no rain left in heaven.
I have lived life long enough to thank God that all my prayers have not been answered