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.

When the dictators and the opportunists are gone, the cross will still stand before us and something in us will say, That is the real thing.

Balance the bad news of life with the good news of Christ.

Gentleness is a divine trait: nothing is so divine as gentleness, and nothing is so gentle as real strength.

Give the best you have to the highest you know... and do it now.

Our growth depends not on how many experiences we devour, but on how many we digest.

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.