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.

Never fear to bring the sublimest motive to the smallest duty, and the most infinite comfort to the smallest trouble.

Anger is self-immolation.

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

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

Faith says not, 'I see that it is good for me, so God must have sent it,' but, 'God sent it, and so it must be good for me.' Faith, walking in the dark with God, only prays Him to clasp its hand more closely.

Stand up, on this Thanksgiving Day, stand upon your feet. Believe in man. Soberly and with clear eyes, believe in your own time and place. There is not, and there never has been a better time, or a better place to live in.