Be such a man, and live such a life, that if every man were such as you, and every life a life like yours, this earth would be God's Paradise.

He who thinks that he is being released from the work, and not set free in order that he may accomplish that work, mistakes the Christ from whom the freedom comes, mistakes the condition into which his soul is invited.

No one ever fell under the burden of the day; it is only when the burden of tomorrow is added that the load becomes unbearable.

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

Life comes before literature, as the material always comes before the work. The hills are full of marble before the world blooms with statues.

Character cannot be made except by a steady, long-continued process.

Nothing lies beyond the reach of prayer except that which lies outside the will of God.