The steady discipline of intimate friendship with Jesus results in men becoming like Him.

Don't simply retire from something; have something to retire to.

Bitterness imprisons life; love releases it.

God is not a cosmic bellboy for whom we can press a button to get things.

Life asks not merely what you can do; it asks how much can you endure and not be spoiled.

He who knows no hardships will know no hardihood. He who faces no calamity will need no courage. Mysterious though it is, the characteristics in human nature which we love best grow in a soil with a strong mixture of troubles.