The fruit of the tree of knowledge always drives man from some paradise or other; and even the paradise of fools is not an unpleasant abode while it is habitable.

The world belongs to those who think and act with it, who keep a finger on its pulse.

Prayer gives a man the opportunity of getting to know a gentleman he hardly ever meets. I do not mean his maker, but himself.

Each generation takes a special pleasure in removing the household gods of its parents from their pedestals, and consigning them to the cupboard.

We should think of the church as an orchestra in which the different churches play on different instruments while a Divine Conductor calls the tune.

The wise man is he who knows the relative value of things.

Many people believe that they are attracted by God, or by Nature, when they are only repelled by man.