Not prayer without faith, nor faith without prayer, but prayer in faith, is the cost of spiritual gifts and graces.

The moment you accept God's ordering, that moment your work ceases to be a task, and becomes your calling; you pass from bondage to freedom, from the shadow-land of life into life itself.

Value friendship for what there is in it, not for what can be gotten out of it.

A loving trust in the Author of the Bible is the best preparation for a wise study of the Bible.

Friendship by its very nature consists in loving, rather than in being loved.

If a man is unable to find the way to Jesus, he ought to be led. It is good work this bringing the blind to Him who alone can give them sight.

No parent ought to punish a child except with a view to the child's good. And in order to do good to a child through his punishment, a parent must religiously refrain from punishing him while angry.

An over-readiness to criticise or to depreciate a minister of Christ is proof of a lack of devotion to Christ.

It is not an easy thing for a parent of today to bear always in mind that every child of his is as truly an individual as he was when he was a child.

Conscience tells us that we ought to do right, but it does not tell us what right is - that we are taught by God's word.

Jesus has never slept for an hour while one of His disciples watched and prayed in agony.

Fred dislikes the idea going into the ministry partly because he doesn't like "feeling obligated to look serious", and he centers his doubts on "what people expect of a clergyman".

Life's impermanence, I realized, is what makes every single day so precious. It's what shapes our time here. It's what makes it so important than not a single moment be wasted.

I absolutely don't think a sentient artificial intelligence is going to wage war against the human species.

I honestly think there's people who just perceive me different.

Who has good luck is good, Who has bad luck is bad.

She felt the abyss of disenchantment.

Love is realizing that they are going to make mistakes but knowing you can't hold it against them.

If treachery is the reward of trust, will the man who trusts come to harm?

You get paid consistent with your ability to solve problems.

What white woman, however lonely, was ever captive or insulted by me? Yet they say I am a bad Indian.