If a commission by an earthly king is considered a honor, how can a commission by a Heavenly King be considered a sacrifice?

The mere animal pleasure of travelling in a wild unexplored country is also great. The effect of travel on a man whose heart is in the right place is that the mind is made more self-reliant: it becomes more confident of its own resources, there is greater presence of mind.

I have found that I have no unusual endowments of intellect, but this day I resolve that I will be an uncommon Christian.

Self-deception helps us deceive.

I will try and remember always to approach God in secret with as much reverence in speech, posture, and behavior as in public. Help me, Thou who knowest my frame and pitiest as a father his children.

May the time come when rich men and great men would think it an honor to support whole stations of missionaries in Africa, instead of spending their money on hounds and horses.

It is far easier to travel than to write about it.