“God cannot alter the past, though historians can ”

“Death is not a journey into an unknown land; it is a voyage home. We are going, not to a strange country, but to our fathers house.”

“let nothing disturb you, let nothing frighten you, though all things pass, God does not change. Patience wins all things. But he lacks nothing who possesses God; for God alone suffices.”

“Duty is ours; results are God's”

“The Bible contains the revelation of the will of God. It contains the history of the creation of the world, and of mankind.”

“It is the privilege of the gods to want nothing, and of godlike men to want little”