The only way to happiness is never to give happiness a thought.

Democracy is necessitated by the fact that all men are sinners; it is made possible by the fact that we know it.

Never trust a theologian who doesn't have a sense of humor.

If the average church should suddenly take seriously the notion that every lay member man or woman is really a minister of Christ, we could have something like a revolution in a very short time.

Religion is never devoid of emotion, any more than love is. It is not a defect of religion, but rather its glory, that it speaks always the language of feeling.

It takes a noble man to plant a seed for a tree that will someday give shade to people he may never meet.

The spoken word is never really effective unless it is backed up by a life, but it is also true that the living deed is never adequate without the support the spoken word can provide.