Then the Parson might preach, & drink, & sing, And we'd be as happy as birds in the spring; And modest dame Lurch, who is always at Church, Would not have bandy children, nor fasting, nor birch.

Love is weak when there is more doubt than there is trust, but love is most strong when you learn to trust even with all the doubts. If a thing loves, it is infinite.

Work up imagination to the state of vision.

He who loves his enemies betrays his friends; this surely is not what Jesus meant.

Without Unceasing Practice nothing can be done. Practice is Art. If you leave off you are lost.

As a man is, so he sees.

How can the bird that is born for joy Sit in a cage and sing? How can a child, when fears annoy, But droop his tender wing, And forget his youthful spring?