The man who goes through life with an uncertain doctrine not knowing what he believes, what a poor, powerless creature he is! He goes around through the world as a man goes down through the street with a poor, wounded arm, forever dodging people be meets on the street for fear they may touch him.

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

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

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.

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

Happiness is the natural flower of duty.

Bear with the faults of others as you would have them bear with yours.