Love is not a possession but a growth. The heart is a lamp with just oil enough to burn for an hour, and if there be no oil to put in again its light will go out. God's grace is the oil that fills the lamp of love.

I never know how to worship until I know how to love; and to love I must have something that I can put my arms around, — something that, touching my heart, shall leave not the chill of ice, but the warmth of summer.

Conscience is the frame of character, and love is the covering for it.

We under no circumstances know the appreciate of your parent till we develop into dad and mom ourselves.

Men must read for amusement as well as for knowledge.

There is tonic in the things that men do not love to hear. Free speech is to a great people what the winds are to oceans ... and where free speech is stopped miasma is bred, and death comes fast.

If you want your neighbor to know what Christ will do for him, let the neighbor see what Christ has done for you.