When we count on chance in lieu of law and labor, we weaken our healthy attitudes toward work, our fellow men and our God.

Good habits, which bring our lower passions and appetites under automatic control, leave our natures free to explore the larger experiences of life. Too many of us divide and dissipate our energies in debating actions which should be taken for granted.

All our science and philosophy form only an island of knowledge surrounded by an ocean of mystery. The larger the island grows, the longer the shoreline where the known meets the unknown.

The larger the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline of wonder.

Love is the outreach of self toward completion.

When the congregation becomes the norm by which sermons are measured, a minister has put a mortgage on his soul.

In overcoming prejudice, working together is even more effective than talking together.