The church that is married to the spirit of this age, becomes a widow in the next.

Gambling is a disease of barbarians superficially civilized.

Faith is an act of rational choice, which determines us to act as if certain things were true, and in the confident expectation that they will prove to be true.

There is no law of progress. Our future is in our own hands, to make or to mar. It will be an uphill fight to the end, and would we have it otherwise? Let no one suppose that evolution will ever exempt us from struggles. 'You forget,' said the Devil, with a chuckle, 'that I have been evolving too.

The right use of leisure is no doubt a harder problem than the right use of our working hours. The soul is dyed the color of its leisure thoughts.

I have never understood why it should be considered derogatory to the Creator to suppose that he has a sense of humour.

Worry is interest paid on trouble before it comes due.