Goodness consists not in the outward things we do, but in the inward thing we are.

The bosom can ache beneath diamond brooches; and many a blithe heart dances under coarse wool.

Through every rift of discovery some seeming anomaly drops out of the darkness, and falls, as a golden link into the great chain of order.

It is difficult to believe that a true gentleman will ever become a gamester, a libertine, or a sot.

Do not judge from mere appearances.

No language can express the power and beauty and heroism of a mother's love.

Never does the human soul appear so strong as when it foregoes revenge, and dares to forgive an injury.

Pride is the master sin of the devil, and the devil is the father of lies.

Neutral men are the devil's allies.

Heaven never defaults. The wicked are sure of their wages, sooner or later.

The universe is a vast system of exchange. Every artery of it is in motion, throbbing with reciprocity, from the planet to the rotting leaf.

Don't spend your life wondering "what if" and worrying over something you have no control. What's done is done. Looking backwards will cause you to miss out on new blessings ahead. Move on.

I spread my arms. “In the Rainbow Jungles of Ever there lives what I affectionately call, killer ducks.

The most beautiful vision is the one that lines your heart and fills your mind~bns

Do you like him much?'I told you I liked him a little. Where is the use of caring for him so very much: he is full of faults.'Is he?'All boys are.

The reason is, and by rights ought to be, slave to the emotions.

He was so narrow minded that if he fell on a pin it would blind him in both eyes.

We should be reminding ourselves that no matter how many problems may be facing us, the One Who is with us is greater than all those who oppose us.

It begins, as most things begin, with a song.

It wasn’t in books. It wasn’t in a church. What I needed to know was out there in the world.

Resisting tyranny is obeying God