It is as absurd to argue men, as to torture them, into believing.

Flagrant evils cure themselves by being flagrant.

Stuffing birds or playing stringed instruments is an elegant pastime, and a resource to the idle, but it is not education.

God has created me to do Him some definite service; He has committed some work to me which He has not committed to another. I have my mission.

Prayer is to the spiritual life what the beating of the pulse and the drawing of the breath are to the life of the body.

It is often said that second thoughts are best. So they are in matters of judgment but not in matters of conscience.

God has created me to do Him some definite service; He has committed some work to me which he has not committed to another, I have my mission ... He has not created me for naught ... If I am in sickness, my sickness may serve Him; If I am in sorrow, my sorrow may serve Him. He does nothing in vain. He knows what He is about.