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

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

We cannot hoard life as we can money. When a person tries to be a miser of his health, he usually makes himself miserable. Mental talents, if buried and not used, tend to deteriorate. Whoever would save his memory by not using it will lose it.

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.

There are parts of a ship which taken by themselves would sink. The engine would sink. The propeller would sink. But when the parts of a ship are built together, they float. So with the events of my life. Some have been tragic. Some have been happy. But when they are built together, they form a craft that floats and is going places. And I am comforted.

The test of our religion is whether it fits us to meet emergencies. A man has no more character than he can command in a time of crisis.

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.