Truth is truth, whether from the lips of Jesus or Balaam.

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.

We are often unable to tell people what they need to know, because they want to know something else, and would therefore only misunderstand what we said.

Not even nothingness preceded life. Nothingness owes its very idea to existence.

We are all very anxious to be understood, and it is very hard not to be. But there is one thing much more necessary.' What is that, grandmother?' To understand other people.' Yes, grandmother. I must be fair - for if I'm not fair to other people, I'm not worth being understood myself. I see.

It is only by loving a thing that you can make it yours.

The possession of wealth is, as it were, prepayment, and involves an obligation of honor to the doing of correspondent work.