The best rose-bush, after all, is not that which has the fewest thorns, but that which bears the finest roses.

Half of the secular unrest and dismal, profane sadness of modern society comes from the vain ideas that every man is bound to be a critic for life.

I thank God for the honesty and virility of Jesus religion which makes us face the facts and calls us to take a man's part in the real battle of life.

Modest egotism is the salt of conversation; you do not want too much of it, but if it is altogether omitted, everything tastes flat.

Many a treasure besides Ali Baba's is unlocked with a verbal key.

You can never begin to live until you dare to die.

But this I know. Those who seek Him will do well to look among the poor and the lowly, the sorrowful and the oppressed.