Nature! We live in her midst and know her not. She is incessantly speaking to us, but betrays not her secret. We constantly act upon her, and yet have no power over her. Variant: NATURE! We are surrounded and embraced by her: powerless to separate ourselves from her, and powerless to penetrate beyond her.

Give me the benefit of your convictions, if you have any; but keep your doubts to yourself, for I have enough of my own.

As to the value of conversions, God alone can judge. God alone can know how wide are the steps which the soul has to take before it can approach to a community with Him, to the dwelling of the perfect, or to the intercourse and friendship of higher natures.

Over all the mountain tops is peace.

Don't say that you want to give, but go ahead and give! You'll never catch up with a mere hope.

Rash, inexperienced youth holds itself a chosen instrument, and allows itself unbounded license.

Because everyone uses language to talk, everyone thinks he can talk about language.