We see past time in a telescope and present time in a microscope. Hence the apparent enormities of the present.

The delight we inspire in others has this enchanting peculiarity that, far from being diminished like every other reflection, it returns to us more radiant than ever.

The flesh is the upper surface of the unknown.

The holy law of Jesus Christ governs our civilisation, but it does not yet permeate it.

The tomb is not a blind alley: it is a thoroughfare. It closes on the twilight. It opens on the dawn.

If God had intended that man should go backward, he would have given him eyes in the back of his head.

The jostling of young minds against each other has this wonderful attribute, that one can never foresee the spark, nor predict the flash. What will spring up in a moment? Nobody knows.