Solitude shows us what should be; society shows us what we are

The Old and New Testaments contain but one scheme of religion. Neither part of this scheme can be understood without the other.

I cannot look around me without being struck with the analogy observable in the works of God.

It is much easier to settle a point than to act on it.

I know that mystery in the works of God is only another name for my ignorance. The moment, therefore, that I become humble, all becomes right.

Every man will have his own criterion in forming his judgment of others. I depend very much on the effect of affliction. I consider how a man comes out of the furnace; gold will lie for a month in the furnace without losing a grain.

The man who labors to please his neighbor for his good to edification has the mind that was in Christ. It is a sinner trying to help a sinner. Even a feeble, but kind and tender man, will effect more than a genius, who is rough and …