I am immortal until God's work for me to do is done. The Lord reigns.

The spirit of Christ is the spirit of missions. The nearer we get to Him, the more intensely missionary we become.

I have rightfully no other business each day but to do God's work as a servant, constantly regarding His pleasure. May I have grace to live above every human motive, simply with God and to God.

If [God] has work for me to do, I cannot die.

Let me burn out for God. After all, whatever God may appoint, prayer is the great thing. Oh, that I might be a man of prayer!

The power of gentleness is irresistible.

I see no business in life but the work of Christ.

Even if I should never see a native converted, God may design by my patience and continuance in the Word to encourage future missionaries.

The man who pauses in his honesty wants little of a villain.

God and eternal things are my only pleasure.

Now let me burn out for God.

Happiness is a myth. It was invented to make us buy new things.

If you want to change your future, you have to change your now, and to change your now you must change your mindset.

How should they know? I can't revealto a single friend what my soul conceals, whom I'm in love with or what I believe -my dreams, my thoughts - or why I grieve.

No argument, no reasoning, no blame, just understanding. If you understand, and you show that you understand, you can love, and the situation will change.

I like directors who have worked as actors. They know the experience.

Christianity is not about morality. It's about reality.

Our assessment of socio-economic worth is largely a sham. We scientists should not lend ourselves to it - though we routinely do. We should, instead, insist on applying the criterion of quality.

I don't believe in atheists.

Start telling the stories that only you can tell.

the world is just as concrete, ornery, vile, and sublimely wonderful as before, only now I better understand my relation to it and it to me.