A vigorous temper is not altogether an evil. Men who are as easy as an old shoe are generally of as lttle worth .

It is the tendency of deep feeling to subdue the manner rather than to render it too energetic.

A graceless pastor is a blind man elected to a professorship of optics.

If we do not touch the heart, we will soon weary the ear.

Because their example is powerful, they're somewhat responsible for the weaklings who copy them.

There will be no fear of your becoming lethargic if you are continually familiar with internal realities.

Every unearnest minister is an unfaithful one.

We may rifle the treasures of antiquity and make the heathen contribute to the gospel even as Hiram of Tyre served under Solomon's direction for the building of the Temple.

Heart language is logic set on fire.

Cast the burden of the present along with the sin of the past and the fear of the future upon the Lord.

If we cannot prevail with men for God, we will at least endeavor to prevail with God for men.

Be thankful for all you gain. Be thankful for what you lose, too. Find a reason each day to celebrate your life.

His heart was like a sensitive plant, that opens for a moment in the sunshine, but curls up and shrinks into itself at the slightest touch of the finger, or the lightest breath of wind.

I was a senior in high school when I decided I wanted to work on ants as a career. I just fell in love with them, and have never regretted it.

I'm really, really dumb about describing wine, but I like wine that's full-bodied and dry.

There can never be any real opposition between religion and science; for the one is the complement of the other.

I like to do things for my wife on Valentine's Day. I open the door for her when she puts laundry in the washing machine.

If you have high self-esteem, you might still know times of emotional suffering, but less often and with faster recovery-your resilience is greater.

And yet I think of Christopher Reeve who said he would pay two million dollars to be able to feel pain again. What a courageous man! So I have to think that pain is a blessing.

The blessings of fortune are the lowest; the next are the bodily advantages of strength and health; but the superlative blessings, in fine, are those of the mind.

I think it is important to approach others comfortably. Instead of blaming others (for not having any friends), try looking back at yourself first.