It is not the weariness of mortality, but the strength of divinity, which we have to recognize in all mighty things; and that is just what we now never recognize, but think that we are to do great things by help of iron bars and perspiration. Alas! we shall do nothing that way but lose some pounds of our own weight.

The power of association is stronger than the power of beauty; therefore, the power of association is the power of beauty.

The imagination is never governed, it is always the ruling and divine power.

Nearly all the evils in the Church have arisen from bishops desiring power more than light. They want authority, not outlook.