There is more grace per square foot in San Francisco than any place on earth.

Charity is to be measured, not by what one has given away, but by what one has left.

Fasting detaches you from this world. Prayer reattaches you to the next world.

Sin is a disproportionate seriousness.

Christianity, unlike any other religion in the world, begins with catastrophe and defeat. Sunshine religions and psychological inspirations collapse in calamity and wither in adversity. But the Life of the Founder of Christianity, having begun with the Cross, ends with the empty tomb and victory.

God could not keep, as it were, the secret of His love, and the telling of it was creation.

Humility is dependence on God as pride is independence of Him. The humble soul is always the thankful soul.