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.

Every sermon must have a solid rest in Scripture, and the pointedness which comes of a clear subject, and the conviction which belongs to well-thought argument, and the warmth that proceeds from earnest appeal.

Pray the largest prayers. You cannot think a prayer so large that God, in answering it, will not wish you had made it larger. Pray not for crutches but for wings.

Pray for powers equal to your tasks.

Happiness is the natural flower of duty.

The solution to sin is not to impose an ever-stricter code of behavior. It is to know God.

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.