True sympathy is putting ourselves in another's place; and we are moved in proportion to the reality of our imagination..

Obedience and resignation are our personal offerings upon the altar of duty..

Obedience, as it regards the social relations, the rules of society, and the laws of nature and nature's God, should commence at the cradle and end o….

A true religious instinct never deprived man of one single joy; mournful faces and a sombre aspect are the conventional affectations of the weak-mind….

There is one sure criterion of judgment as to religious faith in doctrinal matters; can you reduce it to practice? If not, have none of it..

No outward change need trouble him who is inwardly serene..

Falsehood is cowardice, the truth courage..

Lay silently the injuries you receive upon the altar of oblivion..

A single bad habit will mar an otherwise faultless character, as an ink-drop soileth the pure white page..

Doubt is the incentive to truth and inquiry leads the way..

It is the goodly outside that sin puts on which tempteth to destruction. It has been said that sin is like the bee, with honey in its mouth, but a st….

There is no better rule to try a doctrine by than the question, Is it merciful, or is it unmerciful? If its character is that of mercy, it has the im….

It is very questionable, in my mind, how far we have the right to judge one of another, since there is born within every man the germs of both virtue….

Attempt to teach the young but little at a time; this will be easier to impart, easier to receive, and surer to be retained..

Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul; and the heart of man knoweth none more fragrant..

The cloudy weather melts at length into beauty, and the brightest smiles of the heart are born of its tears..

Has not God borne with you these many years? Be ye tolerant to others..

Suspicion is far more to be wrong than right; more often unjust than just. It is no friend to virtue, and always an enemy to happiness..

Duty itself is supreme delight when love is the inducement and labor. By such a principle the ignorant are enlightened, the hard-hearted softened, th….

A mother's love, in a degree, sanctifies the most worthless offspring..

The goodness of God to mankind is no less evinced in the chastisement with which He corrects His children than in the smiles of His providence; for t….