Be such a man, and live such a life, that if every man were such as you, and every life a life like yours, this earth would be God's Paradise.

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.

Pray for and work for fullness of life above every thing; full red blood in the body; full honesty and truth in the mind; and the fullness of a grateful love for the Saviour in your heart.

Life is too short to nurse one's misery. Hurry across the lowlands so that you may spend more time on the mountain tops.

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

Distrust your religion unless it is cheerful, unless it turns every act and deed to music and exults in attempts to catch the harmony of the new life.‎

It is not pride when the beech-tree refuses to copy the oak. He knows his limitations. The only chance of any healthy life for him is to be as full a beech-tree as he can.