it was always said of him, that he knew how to keep Christmas well, if any man alive possessed the knowledge. May that be truly said of us, and all of us! And so, as Tiny Tim observed, God bless Us, Every One!

Love and light are the essential fruits of a Christlike life.

Be good, keep your feet dry, your eyes open, your heart at peace and your soul in the joy of Christ.

you speak of true honor, it is to be born of God; if of true valor, it is to fight the good fight of faith; if of true delight, it is to have joy in the Holy Spirit. Oh, then, espouse godliness! Here reality is to be had. Of other things we may say, "They comfort in vain!" (Zech. 10:2)

If you speak of true honor, it is to be born of God; if of true valor, it is to fight the good fight of faith; if of true delight, it is to have joy in the Holy Spirit. Oh, then, espouse godliness! Here reality is to be had. Of other things we may say, "They comfort in vain!" (Zech. 10:2)

I do not trouble my spirit to vindicate itself or be understood

If it is a choice to be right or kind, always choose kind.

You can only give away what you have ... If you have love, you can give it. If you don't have it, you don't have it to give.

The older I get, the more I meet people, the more convinced I am that we must only work on ourselves, to grow in grace. The only thing we can do about people is to love them.

Be kind to each other. It is better to commit faults with gentleness than to work miracles with unkindness.

The only sin passion can commit is to be joyless.

But taking love itself—God's kind of love—into the depths of our being through spiritual formation will, by contrast, enable us to act lovingly to an extent that will be surprising even to ourselves, at first.