There is never any peace for those who resist God.

God has not chosen to save us without crosses; as He has not seen fit to create men at once in the full vigor of manhood, but has suffered them to grow up by degrees amid all the perils and weaknesses of youth.

We may as well tolerate all religions, since God Himself tolerates all.

You can often help others more by correcting your own faults than theirs. Remember, and you should, because of your own experience, that allowing God to correct your faults is not easy. Be patient with people, wait for God to work with them as He wills.

Violent excitement exhausts the mind and leaves it withered and sterile.

The history of the world suggests that without love of God there is little likelihood of a love for man that does not become corrupt.

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