Prayer is the lisping of the believing infant, the shout of the fighting believer, the requiem of the dying saint falling asleep in Jesus.

A sense of our own folly is a great step towards being wise, when it leads us to rely on the wisdom of the Lord.

Rest time is not waste time. It is economy to gather fresh strength... It is wisdom to take occasional furlough. In the long run, we shall do more by sometimes doing less.

Growing a beard is a habit most natural, Scriptural, manly and beneficial.

One of the greatest rewards that we ever receive for serving God is the permission to do still more for Him.

Is it not a sad thing that after all Christ's love to us, we should repay it with lukewarm love to Him?

I do not think I should care to go on worshipping a Madonna even if she did wink. One cannot make much out of a wink. We want something more than that from the object of our adoration.