One of the greatest evidences of God's love to those that love him is, to send them afflictions, with grace to bear them.

I believe in my heart that faith in Jesus Christ can and will lead us beyond an exclusive concern for the well-being of other human beings to the broader concern for the well-being of the birds in our backyards, the fish in our rivers, and every living creature on the face of the earth.

Beware, lastly, of imagining you shall obtain the end without using the means conducive to it.

Thou hidden love of God, whose height, Whose depth unfathomed no man knows, I see from far thy beauteous light, Only I sigh for thy repose.

We should constantly use the most common, little, easy words which our language affords.

I am never in a hurry, because I never undertake more work than I can go through with perfect calmness of spirit.

As no good is done, or spoken, or thought by any man without the assistance of God, working in and with those that believe in him, so there is no evil done, or spoken, or thought without the assistance of the devil, who worketh with strong though secret power in the children of unbelief. All the works of our evil nature are the work of the devil.