There are wounds of the spirit which never close and are intended in God's mercy to bring us nearer to Him, and to prevent us leaving Him by their very perpetuity. Such wounds then may almost be taken as a pledge, or at least as a ground for a humble trust, that God will give us the great gift of perseverance to the end. This is how I comfort myself in my own great bereavements.

Somehow I am necessary for His purposes, as necessary in my place as an Archangel in his.

Nothing is more common than for men to think that because they are familiar with words they understand the ideas they stand for.

Courage does not consist in calculation, but in fighting against chances.

It is often said that second thoughts are best. So they are in matters of judgment but not in matters of conscience.

Man is emphatically self-made.

It's really not a difficult decision when you reflect on it, ... The situation is just so tenuous with where it's going to hit. You don't want to take any chances.