The soul is one with its faith.

Temperance to be a virtue must be free, and not forced.

Beauty is no local deity, like the Greek and Roman gods, but omnipresent.

Every pure thought is a glimpse of God.

Gentleness and kindness will make our homes a paradise upon earth.

Hope is the parent of faith.

Patience is nobler motion than any deed.

Fine manners are like personal beauty,--a letter of credit everywhere.

Paradoxical as it may seem, God means not only to make us good, but to make us also happy, by sickness, disaster and disappointment.

Self-condemnation is God's absolution; and pleading guilty, acquittal at his bar.

Religion is indeed woman's panoply; no one who wishes her happiness would divest her of it; no one who appreciates her virtues would weaken her best security.

You are my eternal love and I am your eternal beloved. That is the truth I came to believe.

In our instinctive rebellion against pain, we are children again, and demand an active will to wreak our vengeance on.

Sometimes we look so intently toward the pinnacle that we stumble over the steps leading to it. Development begins just where you are.

I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning how to sail my ship.

In any service where a couple hold down jobs as a team, the male generally takes his ease while the wife labors at his job as wellas her own.

Progress should have stopped when man invented the bicycle.

A Labour party is not a debating club, it is a party of action.

With all due respect, I have nothing to prove about my worth to anyone.

To be a good shepherd is to shear the flock, not skin it!

As a single atom man is an enigma: as a whole he is a mathematical problem. As an individual he is a free agent, as a species the offspring of necessity.