How rare it is to find a soul quiet enough to hear God speak.

God is our true Friend, who always gives us the counsel and comfort we need. Our danger lies in resisting Him; so it is essential that we acquire the habit of hearkening to His voice, or keeping silence within, and listening so as to lose nothing of what He says to us.

Exactness and neatness in moderation is a virtue, but carried to extremes narrows the mind.

We must have faith during the period of our grief. We think that our afflictions will be greater than we can bear, but we do not know the strength of our own hearts, nor the power of God. He knows all. He knows every folding of the heart and also the extent of the sorrow that he inflicts. What we think will overwhelm us entirely only subdues and conquers our pride. Our renewed spirit rises from its subjugation with a celestial strength and consolation.

The gifts of God are not to be rejected on account of the channel that brings them.

Trouble and perplexity drive me to prayer, and prayer drives away perplexity and trouble.

There were some who said that a man at the point of death was more free than all others, because death breaks every bond, and over the dead the united world has no power.