If we do not do this our churches will lighthouses without light, wells without water, dumb witnesses, sleeping watchmen, silent trumpets, messengers without tidings, a comfort for infidels, jubilant joys to the devil, and an offense to God.

Never do a wrong thing to make a friend or to keep one.

What a cruel thing is war: to separate and destroy families and friends, and mar the purest joys and happiness God has granted us in this world; to fill our hearts with hatred instead of love for our neighbors, and to devastate the fair face of this beautiful world.

As a general principle you should not force young men to do their duty, but let them do it voluntarily and thereby develop their characters.

We must forgive our enemies.

We must...submit ourselves in adversity to the will of a merciful God as cheerfully as in prosperity.

I am now considered such a monster, that I hesitate to darken with my shadow, the doors of those I love, lest I should bring upon them misfortune.