I would I had a thousand lives that I might give them to ... China!

How many million more souls are to pass into eternity without having heard the name of Jesus?

Only believe, don't fear. Our Master, Jesus, always watches over us, and no matter what the persecution, Jesus will surely overcome it.

A young man should ask himself not if it is his duty to go to the heathen, but if he may dare stay at home. The command is so plain: “Go.”

Surely there can be no greater joy than that of saving souls.

I have a firm conviction that I am immortal until my work is done.

I pray that no missionary will ever be as lonely as I have been.

It is a great mistake to say that the Chinese are not hospitable. A more graceful, hearty hospitality than that of the Chinese I have met in no land.

What we want is not power, but simply combination in order to elicit the largest possible giving.

No one blames her.""That never matters, " said Alec. "Not when you blame yourself.

I started out as a writer. Poetry and prose and also kind of satirical David Sedaris-esque stuff.

The height of stupidity is most clearly demonstrated by the individual who ridicules something he knows nothing about.

Civilization does not have to perish. The brutes are winning only by default.

Well, it was just, the bars was all just like the bamboo roofs and everything. You know. As I say, to me, it's completely spoiled all, all these places now. Make them all just tourist traps.

He who does not expect will not find out the unexpected, for it is trackless and unexplored

It's good for America when the rest of the world grows, because you can sell more to the rest of the world.

Those who praise themselves do not prevail.

I'm running because I think the world is falling apart.

Life hands us opportunities at every turn to get over ourselves, to get outside ourselves, to wake up from our own bad dreams and realize that really lovely things are happening all the time.