If we were never depressed we should not be alive; it is the nature of a crystal never to be depressed.

When the darkness of dismay comes, endure until it is over, because out of it will come that following of Jesus which is an unspeakable joy.

The saint is hilarious when he is crushed with difficulties because the thing is so ludicrously impossible to anyone but God.

Prayer does not fit us for the greater work; prayer is the greater work.

Faith is the inborn capacity to see God behind everything.

We are so busy telling God where we would like to go. We wait with the idea of some great opportunity, something sensational, and when it comes we are quick to cry, 'Here am I.' Readiness for God means that we are ready to do the tiniest little thing or the great big thing, it makes no difference.

When we say "Thy will be done," do we say it with a sigh? If so, we have never realized that the character of God is holy love; nothing can ever happen outside His purposeful will.