The buried talent is the sunken rock on which most lives strike and founder.

Kindness has converted more sinners than either zeal, eloquence, or learning; and these three last have never converted any.

The great fact is, that life is a service. The only question is, "Whom will we serve?

Every moment of resistance to temptation is a victory.

There is a grace of kind listening, as well as a grace of kind speaking.

There are no disappointments to those whose wills are buried in the will of God.

Remember that if the opportunities for great deeds should never come, the opportunities for good deeds are renewed day by day. The thing for us to long for is the goodness, not the glory.

Kind words are the music of the world. They have a power which seems to be beyond natural causes, as if they were some angel's song which had lost its way and come to earth.

Many a friendship - long, loyal, and self-sacrificing - rested at first upon no thicker a foundation than a kind word.

Deep theology is the best fuel of devotion; it readily catches fire, and once kindled it burns long.

Holiness is an unselfing of ourselves.

God is a lot of things to a lot of people but I don’t think he is a cheap party host with limited grace to give out.

Respect. Have it not only for others, but also for yourself.

People are much too solemn about things - I'm all for sticking pins into episcopal behinds.

I'd had a vaguely Jewish upbringing, but no deep connection to faith.

There's no question that Donald Trump has had ample opportunity to distance himself from the kind of racist language that comes from some of his supporters.

I swear, I have no understanding of other human beings.

I can't be easy. It's not my nature. But it's my nature to love you.

The direction in which we are moving is more important than where we are at the moment. Goal setting should cause us to stretch as we make our way.

Audacity isn't the absence of uncertainty and ambiguity. Audacity is believing that God's promise is bigger than my 'perhaps'