One chief cause of the amount of unbelief in the world is tha tthose who have seen something of the glory of Christ set themselves to theorize concerning him rather than to obey him.

Beauty and sadness always go together.

Never was there a more injurous mistake than to say it was thebusiness only of the clergy to care for souls.

Suppose you didn't know him, would that make any difference?' 'No,' said Willie, after thinking a little. 'Other people would know him if I didn't.' 'Yes, and if nobody knew him, God would know him, and anybody God has thought worth making, it's an honor to do anything for.

It is when people do wrong things wilfully that they are the more likely to do them again.

To try too hard to make people good is one way to make them worse. The only way to make them good is to be good, remembering well the beam and the mote.

It matters little where a man may be at this moment; the point is whether he is growing.