In this world we do not see things as they are. We see them as we are, because what we see depends mainly on what we are looking for.

We must be careful what we read, and not, like the sailors of Ulysses, take bags of wind for sacks of treasure.

It always seems to be raining harder than it really is when you look at the weather through the window.

A poor woman from Manchester, on being taken to the seaside, is said to have expressed her delight on seeing for the first time something of which there was enough for everybody.

We must not sit still and look for miracles; up and doing, and the Lord will be with thee.

There can be no merit in believing something which you can neither explain nor understand.

The veil is slowly rising, but as regards innumerable questions we must be content to remain in ignorance.