Faith is the silver thread upon which the pearls of the graces are to be hung. Break that, and you have broken the string - the pearls lie scattered on the ground.

The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him. If it were not for the laws of the land, we should soon see a massacre of the righteous. Jesus was watched by his enemies, who were thirsting for his blood: his disciples must not look for favour where their Master found hatred and death.

I would sooner be holy than happy if the two things could be divorced. Were it possible for a man always to sorrow and yet to be pure, I would choose the sorrow if I might win the purity, for to be free from the power of sin, to be made to love holiness, is true happiness.

Prayer must not be our chance work but our daily business, our habit and vocation.

Don't let your hopes or fears come between you and Jesus; follow hard after Him. He will never fail you.

I do not know when I am more perfectly happy than when I am weeping for sin at the foot of the cross.

It is not great talents God blesses so much as likeness to Jesus.