Put together all the tenderest love you know of, multiply it by infinity, and you will begin to see glimpses of the love and grace of God.

A feeling of real need is always a good enough reason to pray.

My soul was always so full of aspirations, that a God was a necessity to me. I was like a bird with an instinct of migration upon me, and a country to migrate to was as essential as it is to the bird

An idea is a curious thing. It will not work unless you do.

No soul can be really at rest until it has given up all dependence on everything else and has been forced to depend on the Lord alone. As long as our expectation is from other things, nothing but disappointment awaits us.

If you were to write down all the possible ways to motivate people to do better work, friendly praise would have to come near the head of your list.

Nothing else but seeing God in everything can make us loving and patient with those who annoy us. When we realize that they are only the instruments for accomplishing His purpose in our lives, we will actually be able to thank them [inwardly] for the blessings they bring us.