Never be discouraged because good things get on so slowly here; and never fail daily to do that good which lies next to your hand.

It is not in the nature of politics that the best men should be elected. The best men do not want to govern their fellowmen.

This is and has been the Father's work from the beginning-to bring us into the home of His heart.

Anything big enough to occupy our minds is big enough to hang a prayer on.

Common people, whether lords or shop-keepers, are slow to understand that possession, whether in the shape of birth or lands or money or intellect, is a small affair in the difference between men.

As I said to Speedicut, it's hell in the diplomatic.

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.