“Truth is as impossible to be soiled by any outward touch as the sunbeam.”

The end of all learning is to know God, and out of that knowledge to love and imitate Him.

The best apology against false accusers is silence.

Nothing profits more than self-esteem, grounded on what is just and right.

What is strength without a double share of wisdom?

Where peace And rest can never dwell, hope never comes, That comes to all.

The martyrs shook the powers of darkness with the irresistible power of weakness.

Freely we serve, because freely we love.

He that hath light within their own breast, may sit in the centre and enjoy bright day.

Nor love thy life, nor hate; but what thou livest, Live well; how long, or short, permit to Heaven.

Believe and be confirmed.

A good book is the precious lifeblood of a master spirit.

To be blind is not miserable; not to be able to bear blindness, that is miserable.

Solitude is sometimes the best society.

Where more is meant than meets the ear.

No institution which does not continually test its ideals, techniques and measure of accomplishment can claim real vitality.

Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds.

Then when the fugitive word was least expecting it I would suddenly turn the full blaze of my attention back onto it catching the culprit in the beam of my mental torch before it could sneak off again into the darkness.

Happiness is being on the beam with life – to feel the pull of life

A beam in darkness: let it grow.

I cannot cause light; the most I can do is try to put myself in the path of its beam. It is possible, in deep space, to sail on solar wind. Light, be it particle or wave, has force: you rig a giant sail and go. The secret of seeing is to sail on solar wind.

The morning beam is telling me that it’s action time!