The privilege of prayer to me is one of the most cherished possessions, because faith and experience alike convince me that God himself sees and answers, and His answers I never venture to criticize. It is only my part to ask. If it were otherwise, I would not dare to pray at all.

Beware as you get the octopus on board. Suddenly he relaxes his grasp, and shhots out a jet of ink, which smarts considerably.

I have found more inspiration in the cottages of fishermen than in the palaces of the rich.

The word of God is the Christian soul's best weapon, and it is essential to have it with him always. In doubt it decides, in consultation it directs in anxiety it reassures in sorrow it comforts in failure it encourages in defense it protects in offense it is mightier than the mighty.

The best definition of faith that I know is that it is reason grown courageous. Moreover, that is all that Christ ever asked us for, and the reason he asked us for that was because he wants to use us. He needs our help. It is almost impossible to believe it. But God Almighty wants our help, so Christ tells us.

The knowledge of this marvelous period has made faith far easier from an intellectual standpoint, and has enabled us to be more patient in waiting to see the truth, not as now

The service we render to others is really the rent we pay for our room on this earth. It is obvious that man is himself a traveler that the purpose of this world is not 'to have and to hold' but to give and serve.

It is courage the world needs, not infallibility...courage is always the surest wisdom.

I have always believed that the Good Samaritan went across the road to the wounded man just because he wanted to.

Real joy comes not from ease or riches or from the praise of men but from doing something worthwhile.

No one can write their real religious life with pen or pencil. It is written only in actions, and its seal is our character, not our orthodoxy. Whether we, our neighbor, or God is the judge, absolutely the only value of our religious life to ourselves or to anyone is what it fits us for and enables us to do.

Courage is always the surest wisdom.