Prayer opens our lives for God so his will can be done in and through us, because in true prayer we habitually put ourselves into the attitude of willingness to do whatever God wills.

I would rather live in a world where my life is surrounded by mystery than live in a world so small that my mind could comprehend it.

Picture yourself vividly as winning, and that alone will contribute immeasurably to success.

A person wrapped up in himself makes a small package.

Always take a job that is too big for you.

Some things mankind can finish and be done with, but not ... science, that persists, and changes from ancient Chaldeans studying the stars to a new telescope with a 200-inch reflector and beyond; not religion, that persists, and changes from old credulities and world views to new thoughts of God and larger apprehensions of his meaning.

He is a poor patriot whose patriotism does not enable him to understand how all men everywhere feel about their altars and their hearthstones, their flag and their fatherland.