Reason is God's gift, but so are the passions. Reason is as guilty as passion.

The attributes of God, though intelligible to us on their surface yet, for the very reason that they are infinite, transcend our comprehension, when they are dwelt upon, when they are followed out, and can only be received by faith.

I will trust Him. Whatever, wherever I am, I can never be thrown away. If I am in sickness, my sickness may serve Him; in perplexity, my perplexity may serve Him; if I am in sorrow, my sorrow may serve Him. My sickness, or perplexity, or sorrow may be necessary causes of some great end, which is quite beyond us. He does nothing in vain.

Cruelty to animals is as if humans did not love God.

By a garden is meant mystically a place of spiritual repose, stillness, peace, refreshment, delight.

The love of our private friends is the only preparatory exercise for the love of all men.

Growth is the only evidence of life.