The great mind knows the power of gentleness.

Desire joy and thank God for it. Renounce it, if need be, for other's sake. That's joy beyond joy.

But there are times when patience proves at fault.

What's the earth With all its art, verse, music, worth — Compared with love, found, gained, and kept?

We mortals cross the ocean of this world Each in his average cabin of a life; The bests not big, the worst yields elbowroom.

This could but have happened once,- And we missed it, lost it forever.

All service is the same with God.