The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of what is elusive but attainable, a perpetual series of occasions for hope.

The Church of Christ is an anvil which has worn out many hammers. Our opponents may boast of their strength, but they do not realize what they have challenged.

"What would you call the highest happiness, Lewie?" he asked. "The sense of competence," was the answer, given without hesitation.

There may be peace without joy, and joy without peace, but the two combined make happiness.

He disliked emotion, not because he felt lightly, but because he felt deeply.

Without humility there can be no humanity.

Peace is that state in which fear of any kind is unknown.