All of the heroes who have served before us have already defined, with the last full measure, what courage means.

I find to this day seven abominations in my heart:

keener than the lightning, the words in that book of remembrance which the angel shall hold open when all mankind shall meet before God.

For the moral teaching of Jesus was a challenge that could not be evaded.

"The peacemakers are pronounced blessed, they namely who make peace first within their own hearts, then between brethren at variance."

Blessed are those who have preserved internal sanctity of soul...

No attribute of God is more often referred to in the Old Testament than His mercy.

So the blessedness of those who hunger and thirst depends on the assurance that they shall be filled.

There is in man a higher than love of happiness; he can do without happiness and instead thereof find blessedness.