A gift without a heart behind it is a bribe. God asks for our heart, not our gifts.

The root-trouble of the present distress is that the Church has more faith in the world and the flesh than in the Holy Ghost.

The Christian religion is hopeless without the Holy Ghost.

There is no way of learning to pray but by praying. No reasoned philosophy of prayer ever taught a soul to pray. We know not what we should pray for as we ought, and if prayer waits for understanding it will never begin. We discover by using. We learn by practice. Though a man should have all knowledge about prayer, and though he should understand all mysteries about prayer, unless he prays he will never learn to pray.

A season of silence is the best preparation for speech with God.

True prayer is a lonely business.

Prayer turns ordinary mortals into men of power. It brings power. It brings fire. It brings rain. It brings life. It brings God.