Two and two only supreme and luminously self-evident beings, myself and my Creator.

With Christians, a poetical view of things is a duty. We are bid to color all things with hues of faith, to see a divine meaning in every event.

We must make up our minds to be ignorant of much, if we would know anything.

Let us take things as we find them: let us not attempt to distort them into what they are not... We cannot make facts. All our wishing cannot change them. We must use them.

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.

The world is content with setting right the surface of things.

If we insist on being as sure as is conceivable... we must be content to creep along the ground, and never soar.