Eyes that look are common; eyes that see are rare.

One reason why people are unable to understand great Christian classics is that they are trying to understand without any intention of obeying them.

Jesus drank a cup of wrath without mercy, that we might drink a cup of mercy without wrath.

A leader is a person who has learned to obey a discipline imposed from without, and has then taken on a more rigorous discipline from within. Those who rebel against authority and scorn self-discipline - who shirk the rigors and turn from the sacrifices - do not qualify to lead.

True leadership is found in giving yourself in service to others, not in coaxing or inducing others to serve you.

God is always at work, though we cannot see it, preparing people he has chosen for leadership. When the crisis comes, God fits His appointee into the place ordained for him.

Each of us is as full of the Spirit as we really want to be.