There is such a difference between coming out of sorrow thankful for relief, and coming out of sorrow full of sympathy with and trust in Him who has released us.

Devotion is like the candle which Michael Angelo used to take in his pasteboard cap, so as not to throw his shadow upon the work in which he was engaged.

Character cannot be made except by a steady, long-continued process.

Self-confidence is either a petty pride in our own narrowness, or a realization of our duty and privilege as one of God's children.

Greatness after all, in spite of its name, appears to be not so much a certain size as a certain quality in human lives. It may be present in lives whose range is very small.

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

The man, who has begun to live more seriously within, begins to live more simply without.