Men are cruel, but Man is kind.

The water vessel, taken as a vessel only, raises the question, "Why does it exist at all?" Through its fitness of construction, it offers the apology for its existence. But where it is a work of beauty it has no question to answer; it has nothing to do, but to be.

Religion, like poetry, is not a mere idea, it is expression. The self-expression of God is in the endless variety of creation; and our attitude toward the Infinite Being must also in its expression have a variety of individuality ceaseless and unendi.

Those who have everything but thee, my God, laugh at those who have nothing but thyself.

The bird thinks it a favor to give the fish a lift in the air

Let not the hours pass by in the dark. Kindle the lamp of love with thy life.

You smiled and talked to me of nothing and I felt that for this I had been waiting long.