I am able to love my God because He gives me freedom to deny Him.

And, indeed, what little of beauty and peace is to be found in the societies of men is owing to the daily performance of small duties, not to big doings and fine talk.

to tyrannize for the country is to tyrannize over the country

Dark clouds become heaven's flowers when kissed by light.

I will sit in the pupil of your eyes and that will carry your sight into the heart of the things

There is a moral law in this world which has its application both to individuals and organized bodies of men. You cannot go on violating these laws in the name of your nation, yet enjoy their advantage as individuals. We may forget truth for our conv

Some day I shall sing to thee in the sunrise of some other world, I have seen thee before in the light of the earth, in the love of man.