"The moral of human life is never simple, and the moral of a story which aims only at being true to human life cannot …"

"I am convinced with Plato, with St. Paul, with St. Augustine, with Calvin, and with Leibnitz, that this universe, and…"

"Man is a real man, and can live and act manfully in this world, not in the strength of opinions, not according to wha…"

"I do not dishonour the Bible. I honour it above all books. The New Testament alone, since I have been able to read it…"

"I know that even in this faithless age there are many persons to whom the Bible is what it was to Calvin — its smalle…"

"I have nothing but myself to write about, no facts, no theories, no opinions, no adventures, no sentiments, nothing b…"

"I scarcely know a professional man I can like, and certainly not one who has been what the world calls successful, th…"

"You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one."

"I cannot think the disputes and jealousies of Heaven are tried and settled by the swords of earth."

"I cut a hole in my heart and wrote with the blood."