Ruth is so loyal and gentle-hearted, we cannot help loving her, as she stands with the reapers amid the waving corn. Her beautiful, unselfish spirit shines out like a bright star in the night of a dark and cruel age. Love like Ruth's, love which can rise above conflicting creeds and deep-seated racial prejudices, is hard to find in all the world.

We bereaved are not alone. We belong to the largest company in all the world--the company of those who have known suffering.

It is so pleasant to learn about new things. Every day I find how little I know, but I do not feel discouraged since God has given me an eternity in which to learn more.

One painful duty fulfilled makes the next plainer and easier.

If I could have only one of my senses then I would choose hearing, Then I wouldn't feel so all alone.

Be of good cheer. Do not think of today's failures, but of the success that may come tomorrow. You have set yourselves a difficult task, but you will succeed if you persevere, and you will find a joy in overcoming obstacles... Remember, no effort that we make to attain something beautiful is ever lost.

True teaching cannot be learned from text-books any more than a surgeon can acquire his skill by reading about surgery.