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.

A service of worship is primarily a service to God. When we realize this and act upon it, we make it a service to men.

The roads of life are strewn with the wreckage of run-down, half-finished loves.

The hinge of history is on the door of a Bethlehem stable.

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.

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.

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