The ruin of a man's teaching comes of his followers, such as having never touched the foundation he has laid, build upon it wood, hay, and stubble, fit only to be burnt. Therefore, if only to avoid his worst foes, his admirers, a man should avoid system. The more correct a system the worse will it be misunderstood; its professed admirers will take both its errors and their misconceptions of its truths, and hold them forth as its essence.

Until a man has love, it is well he should have fear. So long as there are wild beasts about, it is better to be afraid than secure.

This is a wise, sane Christian faith: that a man commit himself, his life, and his hopes to God; that God undertakes the special protection of that man; that therefore that man ought not to be afraid of anything.

Attitudes are more important than facts.

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

The ideal is the only absolute real; and it must become the real in the individual life as well, however impossible they may count it who never tried it.

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