Heaven does not make holiness, but holiness makes heaven.

No man ever yet thought whether he was preaching well without weakening his sermon.

Christ is the Word of God. It is not in certain texts written in the New Testament, valuable as they are; it is not in certain words which Jesus spoke, vast as is their preciousness; it is in the Word, which Jesus is, that the great manifestation of God is made.

The more man becomes irradiated with Divinity, the more, not the less, truly he is man.

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.

The essential tendency of life is toward happiness . . . . Optimism is the only true condition for a reasonable man.

As you emphasize your life, you must localize and define it... you cannot do everything.