Failure means nothing now, only that it taught me life.

Restlessness and impatience change nothing except our peace and joy. Peace does not dwell in outward things, but in the heart prepared to wait trustfully and quietly on Him who has all things safely in His hands.

One morning I was reading the story of Jesus' feeding of the five thousand. The disciples could find only five loaves of bread and two fishes. 'Let me have them,' said Jesus. He asked for all. He took them, said the blessing, and broke them before He gave them out. I remembered what a chapel speaker...had said: 'If my life is broken when given to Jesus, it is because pieces will feed a multitude, while a loaf will satisfy only a little lad.'

The only basis of peace is the cessation of the conflict of two wills: my will vs God’s.

Among the most joyful people I have known have been some who seem to have had no human reason for joy. The sweet fragrance of Christ has shown through their lives.

Cruelty and wrong are not the greatest forces in the world. There is nothing eternal in them. Only love is eternal.

A prayerful heart and an obedient heart will learn, very slowly and not without sorrow, to stake everything on God Himself.