Force yourself to reflect on what you read, paragraph by paragraph.

The best part of human language, properly so called, is derived from reflection on the acts of the mind itself.

The fastidious taste will find offence in the occasional vulgarisms, or what we now call slang, which not a few of our writers seem to have affected.

A maxim is a conclusion upon observation of matters of fact, and is merely speculative; a "principle" carries knowledge within itself, and is prospective.

Prayer is the very highest energy of which the mind is capable.

Christianity is not a theory or speculation, but a life; not a philosophy of life, but a life and a living process.

When a man mistakes his thoughts for persons and things, he is mad.