Never does a man know the force that is in him till some mighty affliction or grief has humanized the soul.

The Divine wisdom has given us prayer, not as a means whereby to obtain the good things of earth, but as a means whereby we learn to do without them; not as a means whereby we escape evil, but as a means whereby we become strong to meet it.

This world is given as a prize for the men in earnest; and that which is true of this world is truer still of the world to come.

We are too much haunted by ourselves, projecting the central shadow of self on everything around us. And then comes the Gospel to rescue us from this selfishness. Redemption is this, to forget self in God.

The one who will be found in trial capable of great acts of love is ever the one who is always doing considerate small ones.

To believe is to be happy; to doubt is to be wretched. To believe is to be strong. Doubt cramps energy. Belief is power. Only so far as a man believes strongly, mightily, can he act cheerfully, or do any thing that is worth the doing.

To believe is to be strong. Doubt cramps energy. Belief is power.