Death is a gift. Without it we wouldn't value life.
There is no happiness for him who oppresses and persecutes; no, there can be no repose for him. For the sighs of the unfortunate cry for vengeance to heaven.
Thinking leads man to knowledge. He may see and hear, and read and learn, as much as he please; he will never know any of it, except that which he has thought over, that which by thinking he has made the property of his mind. Is it then saying too much if I say, that man by thinking only becomes truly man? Take away thought from man's life, and what remains?
Our home joys are the most delightful earth affords, and the joy of parents in their children is the most holy joy of humanity.
Whoever is unwilling to help himself can be helped by no one.
I would take school instruction out of the hands of the old order of decrepit, stammering, journeymen-teachers as well as from the new weak ones, who are generally no better for popular instruction, and entrust it to the undivided powers of Nature herself, to the light that God kindles and ever keeps alive in the hearts of fathers and mothers, to the interest of parents who desire that their children should grow up in favour with God and man.
The greatest victory a man can win is victory over himself.
I'll come back to you," I say. "I promise you, if it's the last thing I do, I'll come back to you. " Her face is buried in my neck. She nods. "I'll count the minutes until you do. " she says.
There's many a good tune played by an old banjo.
Writing is the only thing that, when I do it, I don't feel I should be doing something else.
A church that suffers no persecution but enjoys the privileges and support of the things of the earth - beware! - is not the true church of Jesus Christ. A preaching that does not point out sin is not the preaching of the gospel. A preaching that makes sinners feel good, so that they are secured in their sinful state, betrays the gospel's call.