Good taste rejects excessive nicety.

He who prays without confidence cannot hope that his prayers will be granted.

We are not to choose the manner in which our blessings shall be bestowed.

Peace does not dwell in outward things but within the soul; we may preserve it in the midst of the bitterest pain, if our will remains firm and submissive. Peace in this life springs from acquiescence to, not an exemption from, suffering.

Crosses are of no use to us but inasmuch as we yield ourselves up to them and forget ourselves.

The greatest defect of common education is, that we are in the habit of putting pleasure all on one side, and weariness on the other; all weariness in study, all pleasure in idleness.

To just read the Bible, attend church, and avoid “big” sins-is this passionate, wholehearted love for God?