Every promise of the soul has innumerable fulfillments; each of its joys ripens into a new want.

Coal lay in ledges under the ground since the Flood, until a laborer with pick and windlass brings it to the surface. We may well call it black diamonds. Every basket is power and civilization. For coal is a portable climate.

The angels are so enamored of the language that is spoken in heaven that they will not distort their lips with the hissing and unmusical dialects of men, but speak their own, whether their be any who understand it or not.

The world makes way for the man who knows where he is going

People only see what they are prepared to see. If you look for what is good and what you can be grateful for you will find it everywhere.

The greatest difficulty is that men do not think enough of themselves, do not consider what it is that they are sacrificing when they follow in a herd, or when they cater for their establishment.

The world is young: the former great men call to us affectionately. We too must write Bibles, to unite again the heavens and the earthly world.