All wars are civil wars because all men are brothers... Each one owes infinitely more to the human race than to the particular country in which he was born.

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.

Speak, move, act in peace.

Temptations are a file which rub off much of the rust of our self-confidence.

It is when God appears to have abandoned us that we must abandon ourselves most wholly to God.

Commit yourself then to God! He will be your guide. He Himself will travel with you, as we are told He did with the Israelites, to bring them step by step across the desert to the promised land. Ah! what will be your blessedness, if you will but surrender yourself into the hands of God, permitting Him to do whatever He will, not according to your desires, but according to His own good pleasure?

Frequently a big advantage can be gained by knowing how to give in at the right moment.