Dirt has been shrewdly termed "misplaced material.

What would be ugly in a garden constitutes beauty in a mountain.

Profound hearts, wise minds, take life as God makes it; it is a long trial, and unintelligible preparation for the unknown destiny.

Diamonds are to be found only in the darkness of the earth, and truth in the darkness of the mind.

To live a life which is a perpetual falsehood is to suffer unknown tortures.

...But listen, there will be more joy in heaven over the tears of a repentant sinner than over the white robes of a hundred just men.

God has bestowed two gifts on man: hope and ignorance. Ignorance is the better of the two.