I am growing and understanding more of who God is in my life and how I am to minister.

Never be entirely idle; but either be reading, or writing, or praying, or meditating, or endeavoring something for the public good.

What doth it profit thee to enter into deep discussion concerning the Holy Trinity, if thou lack humility, and be thus displeasing to the Trinity? For verily it is not deep words that make a man holy and upright;

The image of God always abides in the soul, whether this image be obsolete and clouded over as to amount to almost nothing; or whether it be obscured or disfigured, as is the case with sinners; or whether it be clear and beautiful as is the case with the just.

It is necessary for the perfection of human society that there should be men who devote their lives to contemplation.

I have a Bible near my bed.

I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.

And therefore, Uncle, though it has never put a scrap of gold or silver in my pocket, I believe that [Christmas] has done me good, and will do me good; and I say, God bless it!

Mindful, then, of what we had read together, I thought of the two men who went up into the Temple to pray, and I knew there were no better words that I could say beside his bed, than 'O Lord, be merciful to him, a sinner!

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.

We looked too long for God and truth through words alone. The fruit for humanity has been rather limited, it seems to me - especially when I observe every day the extraordinary amount of unhappy and angry people in well educated and 'religious' countries.

Solitude is a way to defend the spirit against the murderous din of our materialism.