Tribulation will not hurt you, unless as it too often does; it hardens you and makes you sour, narrow and skeptical.

Gaiety is often the reckless ripple over depths of despair.

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

Not in achievement, but in endurance, of the human soul, does it show its divine grandeur and its alliance with the infinite.

Every action in our lives touches on some chord that will vibrate in eternity

Every action of your life touches on some chord that will vibrate in eternity.