But instead of telling him what to think, I taught him how to think. He then reached a bold decision about what to do, on his own.

never permit the patient to pass to the doctor the responsibility of judging.

I rejoice to concur with the common reader; for by the common sense of readers, uncorrupted by literary prejudices, after all the refinements of subtilty and the dogmatism of learning, must be finally decided all claim to poetical honours.

To perceive things in the germ is intelligence.

Thus it is said: The path into the light seems dark, the path forward seems to go back, the direct path seems long, true power seems weak, true purity seems tarnished, true steadfastness seems changeable, true clarity seems obscure, the greatest are seems unsophisticated, the greatest love seems indifferent, the greatest wisdom seems childish. The Tao is nowhere to be found. Yet it nourishes and completes all things.

I begin with writing the first sentence—and trusting to Almighty God for the second.

Pray not for things, but for wisdom and courage.

Don't pray only for things; pray also for wisdom and courage. And never forget the three powerful resources you always have available to you: love, prayer, and forgiveness.

Students at universities are sometimes so filled with the doctrines of the world they begin to question the doctrines of the gospel.

Wisdom has a hundred eyes to see opportunities, courage has a hundred feet to seek opportunities, and strength has a hundred arms to seize opportunities.

I am too much of a skeptic to deny the possibility of anything.

I protest that if some great Power would agree to make me always think what is true and do what is right, on condition of being turned into a sort of clock and would up every morning before I got out of bed, I should instantly close with the offer.