Subject the material world to the higher ends by understanding it in all its relations to daily life and action.

Work is a sovereign remedy for all ills, and a man who loves to work will never be unhappy.

I am succeeding quite well in my work and the future looks well. What special mission is God preparing me for? Cutting off all earthly ties and isolating me as it were.

A political place with no power, only influence, is not to my taste.

I often think that all the difficulties we encounter only give us the more strength if we keep hold of our work, and we must not now give up while in the prime of life. It is best to keep trying, and by and by the opportunity will come. If we have given up, then we shall not be ready for it when it does come.

The unwilling mind is not a teachable mind.

You cannot make women contented with cooking and cleaning and you need not try.