It is most important in this world to be pushing, but it is fatal to seem so.

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

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.

Precautions are always blamed. When successful they are said to be unnecessary.

We cannot seek or attain health, wealth, learning, justice or kindness in general. Action is always specific, concrete, individualized, unique.

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

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