On Love:
Love is the best thing in the world, and the thing that lives the longest.
All these are thine, and therefore love is thine.
(From: Music)
Mortals join the mighty chorus,
Which the morning stars began;
Father-love is reigning o’er us,
Brother-love binds man to man.
(From: Hymn Of Joy)
Not far thou lookest, but thy sight is clear;
Not much thou knowest, but thy faith is dear;
For life is love, and love is always near.
(From: Peace)
Surely he is waiting till my steps come nigh;
Love may hide itself awhile, but love can never die.
(From: Hide And Seek)
True love will conquer strife,
And strength from conflict flows,
For discord is the thorn of life
And harmony the rose.
(From: Storm-music)
Love is not getting, but giving, not a wild dream of pleasure, and madness of desire … it is goodness, and honor, and peace and pure living.
Who seeks for Heaven alone to save his soul May keep the path, but will not reach the goal While he who walks in love may wander far, Yet God will bring him where the blessed are.
On Life:
My life is but a wave, and thou the flood;
I am a leaf and thou the mother-tree;
Nor should I be at all, were I not thine.
(From: Patria)
Not far thou lookest, but thy sight is clear;
Not much thou knowest, but thy faith is dear;
For life is love, and love is always near.
(From: Peace)
Why, life has just begun for you!
(From: Thomas Bailey Aldrich)
On Happiness:
Happiness is inward, and not outward; and so, it does not depend on what we have, but on what we are.
On Fear:
A peace that depends on fear is nothing but a suppressed war.
On God:
There are two good rules which ought to be written on every heart – never to believe anything bad about anybody unless you positively know it to be true; never to tell even that unless you feel that it is absolutely necessary, and that God is listening.
Who seeks for Heaven alone to save his soul May keep the path, but will not reach the goal While he who walks in love may wander far, Yet God will bring him where the blessed are.