The life of man is made up of action and endurance; and life is fruitful in the ratio in which it is laid out in noble action or in patient persevera… - Henry Liddon

The real difficulty with thousands in the present day is not that Christianity has been found wanting, but that it has never been seriously tried.

The truth is I suppose that a tour lays in a great stock of thought and spirits for the future; the fatigue and drawbacks of actual travelling are forgotten and a bright residuum remains.

A deliberate rejection of duty prescribed by already recognized truth cannot but destroy, or at least impair most seriously, the clearness of our mental vision.