I have now concentrated all my prayers into one, and that one prayer is this, that I may die to self, and live wholly to Him.

When your will is God's will, you will have your will.

By perseverance the snail reached the ark.

Faith goes up the stairs that love has built and looks out the windows which hope has opened.

Let your cares drive you to God. I shall not mind if you have many of them if each one leads you to prayer. If every fret makes you lean more on the Beloved, it will be a benefit.

You will never glory in God till first of all God has killed your glorying in yourself.

O child of God, be more careful to keep the way of the Lord, more concentrated in heart in seeking His glory, and you will see the loving-kindness and the tender mercy of the Lord in your life.

Groanings which cannot be uttered are often prayers which cannot be refused.

If Christ has died for me, I cannot trifle with the evil that killed my best Friend.

Have you no wish for others to be saved? Then you're not saved yourself, be sure of that!

God's thoughts of you are many, let not yours be few in return.

Time works so hard for us, if only we can let it.

The most serious charge which can be brought against New England is not Puritanism but February.

Contentment is not happiness. An oyster may be contented. Happiness is compounded of richer elements.

It's the reality of our business.

Young men have a passion for regarding their elders as senile.

I've never given up. I've always kept going. I don't feel that I could afford to give up. That would be the beginning of the end.

Without understanding, your love is not true love. You must look deeply in order to see and understand the needs, aspirations, and suffering of the one you love.

How does meaning get into the image? Where does it end? And if it ends, what is there beyond?

The problem is that the Chicken-Soup-for-the-Soul stuff may feel good, but none of that typical stuff helps when somebody in your neighborhood is murdered.

But there is a difference here: When Jewish children are murdered, Arabs celebrate the deed. The death of an Arab child is no cause for celebration in Israel.