A child is a beam of sunlight from the Infinite and Eternal, with possibilities of virtue and vice- but as yet unstained.

I cannot harness a horse. I am afraid of a cow.

Every life is march from innocence, through temptation, to virtue or vice.

I abhor a hoe. I am fond of flowers but not of dirt, and had rather buy them than cultivate them.

It is easy to condemn, it is better to pity.

Religion is not a conclusion of the reason.

All Christian worship is a witness of the resurrection of Him who liveth for ever and ever. Because He lives, “now abideth faith, hope, charity.”

Every life is a march from innocence, through temptation, to virtue or vice.

The highest qualities of character ‘¦ must be earned

Patience is passion tamed.

The highest qualities of character must be earned

The highest qualities of character… must be earned.

The very essence of rationalism is that it assumes that the reason is the highest faculty in man and the lord of all the rest.