We are never further from what we wish than when we believe that we have what we wished for.

What is uttered from the heart alone, Will win the hearts of others to your own.

If we are out of synch with ourselves, everything is out of synch for us.

The dangers of life are infinite, and among them is safety.

We don't get to know people when they come to us; we must go to them to find out what they are like.

Oh how sweet it is to hear one's own convictions from another's lips.

Nine requisites for contented living: Health enough to make work a pleasure. Wealth enough to support your needs. Strength to battle with difficulties and overcome them. Grace enough to confess your sins and forsake them. Patience enough to toil until some good is accomplished. Charity enough to see some good in your neighbor. Love enough to move you to be useful and helpful to others. Faith enough to make real the things of God. Hope enough to remove all anxious fears concerning the future.