Good, old-fashioned ways keep hearts sweet, heads sane, hands busy.

My definition (of a philosopher) is of a man up in a balloon, with his family and friends holding the ropes which confine him to earth and trying to haul him down.

Where the heart is the mind works best.

There is very little real liberty in the world; even those who seem freest are often the most tightly bound. Law, custom, public opinion, fear or shame make slaves of us all, as you will find when you try your experiment.

We can't any of us do all we would like, but we can do our best for every case that comes to us, and that helps amazingly.

Love is the only thing that we can carry with us when we go, and it makes the end so easy.

In the midst of her tears came the thought, "When people are in danger, they ask God to save them;" and, slipping down upon her knees, she said her prayer as she had never said it before, for when human help seems gone we turn to Him as naturally as lost children cry to their father, and feel sure that he will hear and answer them.