Wealth of a man is the number of things which he loves and blesses which he is loved and blessed by.

We are not altogether here to tolerate. We are here to resist, to control and vanquish withal.

No iron chain, or outward force of any kind, could ever compel the soul of man to believe or to disbelieve: it is his own indefeasible light, that judgment of his; he will reign and believe there by the grace of God alone!

It is great, and there is no other greatness-to make one nook of God's Creation more fruitful, better, more worthy of God; to make some human heart a little wiser, manlier, happier-more blessed.

Of all the paths a man could strike into, there is, at any given moment, a best path .. A thing which, here and now, it were of all things wisest for him to do .. To find this path, and walk in it, is the one thing needful for him.

Old age is not a matter for sorrow. It is matter for thanks if we have left our work done behind us.

Thought is the parent of the deed.