XV
The Every-Day Heaven
The Beauty of Holiness The Gladness of Goodness The True Paradise
Self shrinks the soul.
The keen eye needs the kindly heart.
There's no argument equal to a happy smile.
Imaginary evils have more than imaginary effects.
You never find truth by losing the temper.
Menial work may be noblest service.
They who live off the flock are never willing to die for it.
The life that would be fruitful seeks showers as well as sunshine.
Kindness makes all kin.
All we get from heaven we owe to earth.
Pain is a small price to pay for the joy of sacrifice.
He who gives on feeling generally begrudges in fact.
Every loss met by love leads to gain.
The long look within ourselves will cure us of a lot of impatience with other folks.
The last person to enter heaven will be the one whose religion has all been in the first person singular.
We often talk a good deal about the salvation of souls in order to escape service for the salvation of society.
Much that is called orthodoxy is scepticism at heart, fear to examine the foundations lest there are none.