But there are victories far worse than defeats; and to overcome an angel too gentle to put out all his strength, and ride away in triumph on the back of a devil, is one of the poorest.

Fear is faithlessness.

It is simply absurd to say you believe, or even want to believe, in Him, if you do not do anything He tells you.

Above all things, I delight in listening to stories, and sometimes in telling them.

It is vain to think that any weariness, however caused, any burden, however slight, may be got rid of otherwise than by bowing the neck to the yoke of the Father's will. There can be no other rest for heart and soul than He has created. From every burden, from every anxiety, from all dread of shame or loss, even loss of love itself, that yoke will set us free.

You must learn to be strong in the dark as well as in the day, else you will always be only half brave.

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