In those days a boy on the classical side officially did almost nothing but classics. I think this was wise; the greatest service we can to education today is to teach few subjects. No one has time to do more than a very few things well before he is twenty, and when we force a boy to be a mediocrity in a dozen subjects we destroy his standards, perhaps for life.

We must show our Christian colors, if we are to be true to Jesus Christ. We cannot remain silent or concede everything away.

You have not chosen one another, but I have chosen you for one another.

Slowly, quietly, like snow-flakes—like the small flakes that come when it is going to snow all night —little flakes of me, my impressions, my selections, are settling down on the image of her. The real shape wil be quite hidden in the end.

When the opposite of your prayer occurs, your prayer hasn't been ignored; it's been considered & refused for your ultimate good.

There are no ordinary people.. it is immortals whom we joke with, work with, marry, snub, and exploit.

We must stop regarding unpleasant or unexpected things as interruptions of real life. The truth is that interruptions are real life.