The steady discipline of intimate friendship with Jesus results in men becoming like Him.

It is cynicism and fear that freeze life; it is faith that thaws it out, releases it, sets it free.

Life asks not merely what you can do; it asks how much can you endure and not be spoiled.

Opinions may be mistaken; love never is.

The most extraordinary thing about the oyster is this. Irritations set into his shell. He does not like them. But when he cannot get ride of them, he uses the irritation to do the loveliest thing an oyster ever has a chance to do. If there are irritations in our lives today, there is only one prescription: make a pearl. It may have to be a pearl of patience, but anyhow, make a pearl. And it takes faith and I love to do it.

It is magnificent to grow old, if one keeps young.

Bitterness imprisons life; love releases it.