We do not want to lose our grief, because our grief is bound up with our love and we could not cease to mourn without being robbed of our affections.

Let every man and woman count himself immortal. Let him catch the revelation of Jesus in his resurrection. Let him say not merely, "Christ is risen," but "I shall rise."

Joy in one's work is the consummate tool.

The Bible is like a telescope. If a man looks through his telescope, then he sees worlds beyond; but if he looks at his telescope, then he does not see anything but that. The Bible is a thing to be looked through, to see that which is beyond; but most people only look at it; and so they see only the dead letter.

The man, who has begun to live more seriously within, begins to live more simply without.

When you discover you've been leading only half a life, the other half is going to haunt you until you develop it.

Greatness is not so much a certain size as a certain quality in your life.