Our character is our will; for what we will we are.

One of the chief duties which [the Christian] will punctually and carefully fulfill is the duty of prayer. You will remember in the Book of Acts, when Saul the persecutor was converted by a special miracle, the sign given of his conversion was this: "Behold he prayeth." Prayer is the breath of the soul. Just as breathing is the sign of life, prayer is the sign of the life of the soul.

To those who are His all things are not only easy to be borne, but even to be gladly chosen. Their will is united to that will which moves heaven and earth, which gives laws to angels, and rules the courses of the world.

Few men are both rich and generous; fewer are both rich and humble.

Every duty, even the least duty, involves the whole principle of obedience.

Holiness does not consist in doing uncommon things, but in doing every thing with purity of heart.

One must overcome history by dogma.