Grace is an energy; not a mere sentiment; not a mere thought of the Almighty; not even a word of the Almighty. It is as real an energy as the energy of electricity. It is a divine energy; it is the energy of the divine affection rolling in plenteousness toward the shores of human need.

If you don't find a God by five o'clock this afternoon you must leave the college.

Young men make great mistakes in life; for one thing, they idealize love too much.

Doubt comes in at the window when inquiry is denied at the door.

All translation is a compromise - the effort to be literal and the effort to be idiomatic.

One man is as good as another until he has written a book.

Give the clergy your sympathy; don't give them anything else.