Never does the human soul appear so strong and noble as when it foregoes revenge and dares to forgive an injury. — Edward Chapin. Topics referred to by the same term
To me there is something thrilling and exalting in the thought that we are drifting forward into a splendid mystery-into something that no mortal eye hath yet seen, and no intelligence has yet declared.
Do not judge men by mere appearances; for the light laughter that bubbles on the lip often mantles over the depths of sadness, and the serious look may be the sober veil that covers a divine peace and joy.
The brightest crowns that are worn in heaven have been tried, and smelted, and polished, and glorified through the furnace of tribulation.
A true man never frets about his place in the world, but just slides into it by the gravitation of his nature, and swings there as easily as a star.