It is strange to reflect how much energy is thrown away in attempting to know the unknowable.

Not only must the message be correctly delivered, but the messenger himself must be such as to recommend it to acceptance.

The tillage of the soil occupies the vast majority of those who work for their own bread.

Absolve me, teach me, purify me, strengthen me: take me to Thyself, that I may be Thine and Thine only.

But there is another danger besetting your path. I mean the error of regarding your own capacities instead of your work, of putting self-consciousness in place of God.

The future is hidden by a dark impenetrable veil, and yet we struggle to pierce through it.

Yes, forget your weakness, whatever that weakness may be. It is egotism, it is selfishness after. all, for it is a dwelling on self. Forget your weakness; and remember your strength.