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.

There are no rewards or punishments - only consequences.

Joy is the triumph of life; it is the sign that we are living our true life as spiritual beings.

Faith begins as an experiment, and ends as an experience.

Every institution not only carries within it the seeds of its own dissolution, but prepares the way for its most hated rival.

A cat can be trusted to purr when she is pleased, which is more than can be said for human beings.

God does not always punish a nation by sending it adversity. More often He gives the oppressors their hearts' desire, and sends leanness withal into their soul.