To understand at all what life means, one must begin with Christian belief. And I think knowledge may be sorrow with a man unless he loves.

Eternity is the divine treasure-house, and hope is the window, by means of which mortals are permitted to see, as through a glass darkly, the things which God is preparing.

... science and speculation pass into mystery at last.

To commiserate is sometimes more than to give, for money is external to a man's self, but he who bestows compassion communicates his own soul.

Yes, death, the hourly possibility of it, death is the sublimity of life.

It is our souls which are the everlastingness of God's purpose in this earth.

Let a disciple live as Christ lived, and he will easily believe in living again as Christ does.

Let God do with me what He will, anything He will; and, whatever it be, it will be either heaven itself, or some beginning of it.

The second childhood of a saint is the early infancy of a happy immortality, as we believe.

God would never have let us long for our friends with such a strong and holy love, if they were not waiting for us.

This earth will be looked back on like a lowly home, and this life of ours be remembered like a short apprenticeship to duty.

For I dipped into the future, far as human eye could see, Saw the Vision of the world, and all the wonder that would be.

Whether it is your body, your mind, or the world – the idea of keeping a distance from it is to have a better perspective of everything.

I don't like the words 'I'm fine'. My mom tells me those two words are the most-frequently-told lie in the English lenguage.

God will be present whether asked or not.

Certainly not every good program is object-oriented, and not every object-oriented program is good.

If people knew the story of their lives, how many would then elect to live them?

President Obama believes in a level playing field.

When you begin to give value to the world, somehow the people you affect will find a way to tell you. Even if it takes a couple of years.

It is too late if we wait until the moment of temptation before making our decision.

Or heritage and ideals, our code and standards - the things we live by and teach our children - are preserved or diminished by how freely we exchange ideas and feelings.