It is to the dead that the life comes; it is to the unloveable that the love comes; it is to the lost that the salvation comes.

In the day of prosperity we have many refuges to resort to; in the day of adversity, only one.

Upon a life I did not live, upon a death I did not die; another's life, another's death, I stake my whole eternity.

I looked for the church and I found it in the world; I looked for the world and I found it in the church.

Think truly, and thy thoughts shall the world's famine feed. Speak truly, and each word of thine Shall be a fruitful seed. Live truly, and thy life shall be A great and noble creed.

The soul and eternity of one man depends upon the voice of another

We are forgiven, that we may be like Him who forgives us.

Thy way, not mine, O Lord, however dark it be; lead me by thine own hand; choose out the path for me.

The believed gospel saves; but it is the believed promise that assures us of this salvation.

The more fully that the gospel is preached, in the grand old apostolic way, the more likely is it to accomplish the results which it did in the apostolic days.

Sin is too great an evil for man to meddle with. His attempts to remove it do but increase it, and his endeavours to approach God in spite of it aggravate his guilt.

If only I could spend all my days surrounded by people brave enough to open their hearts for real.

A fear of weakness only strengthens weakness.

We wanted to be led by our mission and to embed our values throughout the world.

That which knows all things and is known by none is the subject.

I have no trouble selling out—I’m a benevolent hack, in a certain way—but I want to pander for something I believe in.

You need, instead, to be defined by your values.

Stop thinking, and end your problems. What difference between yes and no? What difference between success and failure? Must you value what others value, avoid what others avoid? How ridiculous!

Spiritual teaching must always be by symbols.

If you act like you've only got fifteen minutes, it'll take all day. Act like you've got all day and it'll take fifteen minutes.

Everything seems an echo of something else.