There are ultimately only two possible adjustments to life; one is to suit our lives to principles; the other is to suit principles to our lives. If we do not live as we think, we soon begin to think as we live. The method of adjusting moral principles to the way men live is just a perversion of the order of things.

Prayer is helplessness casting itself on Power, infirmity leaning on Strength, misery reaching to Mercy, and a prisoner clamoring for Relief.

Every child should have an occasional pat on the back as long as it is applied low enough and hard enough.

There are 200 million poor in the world who would gladly take the vow of poverty if they could eat, dress and have a home like I do

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

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

Life is like a cash register, in that every account, every thought, every deed, like every sale, is registered and recorded.