“In all ranks of life the human heart yearns for the beautiful; and the beautiful things that God makes are his gift to all alike”

“God answers sharp and sudden on some prayers, and thrusts the thing we have prayed for in our face, a gauntlet with a gift in it ”

“Earth's crammed with heaven, and every common bush afire with God; but only he who sees, takes off his shoes - the rest sit round it and pluck blackberries”

“The idea that a good God would send people to a burning hell is utterly damnable to me - the ravings of insanity, superstition gone to see! I want no part of such a God”

“I would not attack the faith of a heathen without being sure I had a better one to put in its place”

“Men judge us by the success of our efforts. God looks at the efforts themselves”