It never cost a disciple anything to follow Jesus; to talk about cost when you are in love with anyone is an insult.

We are not made for the mountains, for sunrises, or for the other beautiful attractions in life - those are simply intended to be moments of inspiration. We are made for the valley and the ordinary things of life and that is where we have to prove our stamina and strength.

Many of us have a mental conception of what a Christian should be, and the lives of the saints become a hindrance to our concentration on God.

If we were never depressed we would not be alive - only material things don't suffer depression. If human beings were not capable of depression, we would have no capacity for happiness and exaltation. Whenever you examine yourself, take into your capacity for depression.

Never let the sense of failure corrupt your new action.

Our circumstances are the means God uses to exhibit just how wonderfully perfect and extraordinarily pure His Son is.

We are not built for ourselves, but for God. Not for service for God, but for God.