Faith always contains an element of risk, of venture; and we are impelled to make the venture by the affinity and attraction which we feel in ourselves.

All human love is a holy thing, the holiest thing in our experience.

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.

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

Originality is undetected plagiarism.

The wisdom of the wise is an uncommon degree of common sense.

The jealous man is so preoccupied with what he hasn't got that he fails to appreciate the value of what he has got. He loses the ability to feel glad because the sun is shining. He doesn't see the wonder and the newness of the beginning of spring.