“It is not because angels are holier than men or devils that makes them angels, but because they do not expect holiness from one another, but from God only
“Earth's crammed with heaven, and every common bush afire with God; but only he who sees, takes off his shoes - the rest sit round it and pluck blackberries
“Faith without works is like a bird without wings; though she may hop with her companions on earth, yet she will never fly with them to heaven
“In all ranks of life the human heart yearns for the beautiful; and the beautiful things that God makes are his gift to all alike
“A dog barks when his master is attacked. I would be a coward if I saw that God's truth is attacked and yet would remain silent
“I would not like to see a person who is sober, moderate, chaste and just say that there is no God. They would speak disinterestedly at least, but such a person is not to be found
“Let us not cease to do the utmost, that we may incessantly go forward in the way of the Lord; and let us not despair of the smallness of our accomplishments
“The essential and unbounded mercy of my Creator is the foundation of my hope, and a broader and surer the universe cannot give me
“Faith is the highest passion in a human being. Many in every generation may not come that far, but none comes further
“The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays
“And if tonight my soul may find her peace in sleep, and sink in good oblivion, and in the morning wake like a new-opened flower then I have been dipped again in God, and new-created.
“It is a fine thing to establish one's own religion in one's heart, not to be dependent on tradition and second-hand ideals. Life will seem to you, later, not a lesser, but a greater thing
“The Bible is one of the greatest blessings bestowed by God on the children of men.- It has God for its author; salvation for its end, and truth without any mixture for its matter.- It is all pure.
“When you see a man with a great deal of religion displayed in his shop window, you may depend upon it, he keeps a very small stock of it within
“Iron till it be thoroughly heated is incapable to be wrought; so God sees good to cast some men into the furnace of affliction, and then beats them on his anvil into what frame he pleases
“It is by the fortune of God that, in this country, we have three benefits: freedom of speech, freedom of thought, and the wisdom never to use either.