I know quite certainly that I myself have no special talent; curiosity, obsession and dogged endurance, combined with self-criticism have read more

I know quite certainly that I myself have no special talent; curiosity, obsession and dogged endurance, combined with self-criticism have brought me to my ideas.

Doubt not but God who sits on high,
Thy secret prayers can hear;
When a dead wall read more

Doubt not but God who sits on high,
Thy secret prayers can hear;
When a dead wall thus cunningly
Conveys soft whispers to the ear.

He prayeth well who loveth well
Both man and bird and beast.

He prayeth well who loveth well
Both man and bird and beast.

If God sends us on strong paths, we are provided strong shoes.

If God sends us on strong paths, we are provided strong shoes.

Pray to be perfect, though material leaven
Forbid the spirit so on earth to be;
But if read more

Pray to be perfect, though material leaven
Forbid the spirit so on earth to be;
But if for any wish thou darest not pray,
Then pray to God to cast that wish away.

Hope, he called, belief
In God,--work, worship . . . therefore let us pray!

Hope, he called, belief
In God,--work, worship . . . therefore let us pray!

God answers sharp and sudden on some prayers,
And thrusts the thing we have prayed for in our face,
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God answers sharp and sudden on some prayers,
And thrusts the thing we have prayed for in our face,
A gauntlet with a gift in 't.

Endurance is not just the ability to bear a hard thing, but to turn it into glory.

Endurance is not just the ability to bear a hard thing, but to turn it into glory.

She knows omnipotence has heard her prayer
And cries, "It shall be done--sometimes, somewhere."

She knows omnipotence has heard her prayer
And cries, "It shall be done--sometimes, somewhere."