We do not realise that we are children of eternity. If we did, then success would be no success, and failure would be no failure to us.

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

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

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

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.

Yes, God is the end of your work, but He is the beginning also.

Try to help others. Consult their weaknesses, relieve their maladies; strive to raise them up, and by so doing you will most effectually raise yourself up also.