There is someone that I love even though I don't approve of what he does. There is someone I accept though some of his thoughts and actions revolt me. There is someone I forgive though he hurts the people I love the most. That person is......me.

Catch {a man} at the moment when he is really poor in spirit and smuggle into his mind the gratifying reflection, "By jove, I'm being humble," and almost immediately pride - pride at his own humility - will appear.

Of course language is not an infallible guide, but it contains, with all its defects, a good deal of stored insight and experience.

The Christians who did most for the present world were precisely those who thought most of the next.

I do not believe one can settle how much we ought to give. I am afraid the only safe rule is to give more than we can spare.

Never, in peace or war, commit your virtue or your happiness to the future. Happy work is best done by the man who takes his long-term plans somewhat lightly and works from moment to moment 'as to the Lord.' It is only our daily bread that we are encouraged to ask for. The present is the only time in which any duty can be done or any grace received.

I don't want to hold you hand!