Drudgery is one of the finest touchstones of character there is. Drudgery is work that is very far removed from anything to do with the ideal - the utterly mean grubby things; and when we come in contact with them we know instantly whether or not we are spiritually real.

Intercession is about putting ourselves in other’s shoes or having sympathy with others. But intercessions are about having the mind of God and see things through His perspective

Don't read to remember; read to realize.

We are built for the valley, for the ordinary stuff we are in, and that is where we have to prove our mettle.

When God gets us alone through suffering, heartbreak, temptation, disappointment, sickness, or by thwarted friendship - when He gets us absolutely alone, and we are totally speechless, unable to ask even one question, then He begins to teach us.

We should always choose our books as God chooses our friends, just a bit beyond us, so that we have to do our level best to keep up with them.

What the world needs is not 'a little bit of love', but a surgical operation.