Christ is the Word of God. It is not in certain texts written in the New Testament, valuable as they are; it is not in certain words which Jesus spoke, vast as is their preciousness; it is in the Word, which Jesus is, that the great manifestation of God is made.

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

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

Christianity helps us face the music even when we don't like the tune.

There are two ways of defending a castle; one by shutting yourself up in it, and guarding every loop-hole; the other by making it an open centre of operations from which all the surrounding country may be subdued. Is not the last the truest safety?

Life comes before literature, as the material always comes before the work. The hills are full of marble before the world blooms with statues.

The essential tendency of life is toward happiness . . . . Optimism is the only true condition for a reasonable man.