O, do not pray for easy lives.

Wherever souls are being tried and ripened, in whatever commonplace and homely way, there God is hewing out the pillars for His temple.

Greatness after all, in spite of its name, appears to be not so much a certain size as a certain quality in human lives. It may be present in lives whose range is very small.

Life is too short to nurse one's misery. Hurry across the lowlands so that you may spend more time on the mountain tops.

There is such a difference between coming out of sorrow thankful for relief, and coming out of sorrow full of sympathy with and trust in Him who has released us.

Be courageous. Be independent. Only remember where the true courage and independence come from.

Christ will rise on Easter day!