It is much easier to do something than to trust in God; we mistake panic for inspiration.

A hypocrite is one who plays two parts consciously for his own ends. When we find fault with other people we may be quite sincere, and yet Jesus says in reality we are frauds.

Dreaming about a thing in order to do it properly is right; but dreaming about it when we should be doing it is wrong.

Whenever God's will is in the ascendant all compulsion is gone. When we choose deliberately to obey Him then with all His almighty power.

The way to grow strong in Christ is to become weak in yourself.

The resentment of discipline of any kind will warp the whole life away from God's purpose.

Our Lord insists on the social aspect of our lives: He shows very distinctly that we cannot further ourselves alone.