The great Easter truth is not that we are to live newly after death - that is not the great thing - but that...we are to, and may, live nobly now because we are to live forever.

The place where two friends first met is sacred to them all through their friendship, all the more sacred as their friendship deepens and grows old.

Charity should begin at home, but should not stay there.

While mortals sleep, the angels keep their watch of wondering love.

Where charity stands watching and faith holds wide the door the dark night wakes - the glory breaks, Christmas comes once more.

The man who goes through life with an uncertain doctrine not knowing what he believes, what a poor, powerless creature he is! He goes around through the world as a man goes down through the street with a poor, wounded arm, forever dodging people be meets on the street for fear they may touch him.

When you discover you've been leading only half a life, the other half is going to haunt you until you develop it.