There is no such way to be even with the devil and his instruments, for all their spite against us, as by doing what good we can wherever we be come.

We fear men so much, because we fear God so little.

Hope fills the afflicted soul with such inward joy and consolation, that it can laugh while tears are in the eye, sigh and sing all in a breath; it is called "the rejoicing of hope" (Hebrews 3:6).

It is the image of God reflected in you that so enrages hell; it is this at which the demons hurl their mightiest weapons.

In heaven we shall appear, not in armour, but in robes of glory. But here these are to be worn night and day; we must walk, work, and sleep in them, or else we are not true soldiers of Christ.

The Christian is bred by the Word, and he must be fed by it.

Nothing is more contrary to a heavenly hope than an earthly heart.

We are justified, not by giving anything to God,--what we do,--but by receiving from God, what Christ hath done for us.

The sins of teachers are the teachers of sin.

God Himself underwrites your battle and has appointed His own Son 'the captain of your salvation'.

To forsake sin, is to leave it without any thought reserved of returning to it again.

The exact proportion and combination of the qualities within you, as they are, even while you search and struggle for them to be different or better, is a unique beauty.

When you define yourself with your material possessions, you would likely attract those who would do anything humanly possible to come into your life to take advantage of you.

Mind gleams in every atom of the Universe.

I never really take shortcuts. I was always one of those people who, instead of cutting across someone's yard on the way home from school, I would go to the end of the block and turn.

The process of growth is obviously critical to my understanding of the land and myself. So the process is far more unpredictable with far more compromises with the day, the weather, the material.

And it was most important to do what one knew was right, for otherwise the day might come when one could no longer tell the difference between right and wrong.

It's easier to learn many other things, if you first learn how to learn.

I think my main concern is because I worry about demagoguery. It's real. You see the people standing up there and applauding.

For one moment our lives met, our souls touched.

No parent or coach can be true to any child and say he's ready for the N.F.L. out of high school.