Our spiritual life is a venture in the dark, between the soul and God, and no spiritual life is worth the name unless it is so.

It is better to begin a great work than to finish a small one.

There ought to be so many who are excellent, there are so few.

This world is not the sum total of God's resources -- on the contrary, it is only the 'dream,' the probation, the prelude of the true world, the true life.

You must grow like a tree, not like a mushroom

it is in middle age that the interest of a life attains its highest point.

All sorts of spiritual gifts come through privations, if they are accepted.