“It is the heart that is unsure of its God that is afraid to laugh.”

“there is no harm in being afraid. The only harm is in doing what Fear tells you. Fear is not your master! Laugh in his face and he will run away.”

“Her heart - like every heart, if only its fallen sides were cleared away - was an inexhaustible fountain of love: she loved everything she saw. ”

“For that great Love speaks in the most wretched and dirty hearts; only the tone of its voice depends on the echoes of the place in which it sounds.”

“Our minds are small because they are faithless,' I said to myself.'If we had faith in God our hearts would share in His greatness andpeace for we should not then be shut up in ourselves, but would walkabroad in him”

“Primarily, God is not bound to punish sin; he is bound to destroy sin.The only vengeance worth having on sinis to make the sinner himself its executioner.”

“Suppose you didn't know him, would that make any difference?''No,' said Willie, after thinking a little. 'Other people would knowhim if I didn't.''Yes, and if nobody knew him, God would know him, and anybody God hasthought worth making, it's an honor to do anything for.”