I know enough about Satan to realize that he will have all his weapons ready for determined opposition. He would be a missionary simpleton who expected plain sailing in any work of God.

I used to think that prayer should have the first place and teaching the second. I now feel that it would be truer to give prayer the first, second and third place, and teaching the fourth.

Solid, lasting missionary work is done on our knees.

I believe it will only be known on the last day how much has been accomplished in overseas missions by the prayers of earnest believers at home.

The enemy is delighted to have us so occupied incessantly with secondary and trivial concerns, as to keep us from attacking and resisting in the true spirit of the conflict.

Praying without faith is like trying to cut with a blunt knife - much labor expended to little purpose.

I learned a little of beauty-- enough to know that it had nothing to do with truth...

Why any one place should forever hold enchantment for the reason you are born there is a mystery.

Lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven.

Imagination decides everything.

I'm really hopeless with technology - I don't even have a computer.

True science teaches, above all, to doubt and be ignorant.

If you play music for no other reason than actually just because you love it, the skills just kinda creep up on you.

The secret of sound education is to get each pupil to learn for himself, instead of instructing him by driving knowledge into him on a stereotyped system.

Tiny fists can hurt quite a lot when they hit you in the face.

The goal posts might shift, but you should have a goal.