No man has the mind of Christ, except him who makes it his business to obey him.

In whatever man does without God, he must fail miserably, or succeed more miserably.

To give truth to him who loves it not is but to give him more plentiful material for misinterpretation.

To be humbly ashamed is to be plunged in the cleansing bath of truth.

It is to the man who is trying to live, to the man who is obedient to the word of the Master, that the word of the Master unfolds itself.

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.

Work is not always required. There is such a thing as sacred idleness.