The truest help we can render an afflicted man is not to take his burden from him, but to call out his best energy, that he may be able to bear the burden.

Self-confidence is either a petty pride in our own narrowness, or a realization of our duty and privilege as one of God's children.

Heaven is not to sweep our truths away, but only to turn them till we see their glory, to open them till we see their truth, and to unveil our eyes till for the first time we shall really see them.

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

Set yourself earnestly to see what you are made to do, and then set yourself earnestly to do it.

Do not dare to live without some clear intention toward which your living shall be bent. Mean to be something with all your might.

Go and try to save a soul, and you will see how well it is worth saving, how capable it is of the most complete salvation. Not by pondering about it, nor by talking of it, but by saving it, you learn its preciousness.