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

The great thing and the hard thing is to stick to things when you have outlived the first interest, and not yet got the second, which comes with a sort of mastery.

Simplicity of life is an essential for greatness of life.

Every friendship with God and every love between Him and a soul is the only one of its kind.

We must never try to escape the obligation of living at our best.

It is not so much what we say or do that educates; what really educates is who we are.

Do not wait for ideal circumstances, nor the best opportunities; they will never come.