The multitude of books is a great evil. There is no limit to this fever for writing; every one must be an author; some out of vanity, to acquire celebrity and raise up a name, others for the sake of mere gain.
But why do you delay? Come, do what you will.
Eighty and six years have I served Christ, nor has He ever done me any harm. How, then, could I blaspheme my King who saved Me?. . . . I bless Thee for deigning me worthy of this day and this hour that I may be among Thy martyrs and drink the cup of my Lord Jesus Christ.
Let us, therefore, foresake the vanity of the crowd and their false teachings, and turn back to the word delivered to us from the beginning.
Hear me declare with boldness, I am a Christian.
Beware of greed and remain pure and just. Restrain yourself from every vice. He who cannot restrain himself, how will he be able to teach others restraint?
by grace ye are saved, not of works,' but by the will of God through Jesus Christ. . . If we please Him in this present world, we shall receive also the future world, according as He has promised to us that He will raise us again from the dead, and that if we live worthily of Him, 'we shall also reign together with Him,' provided only we believe. . .
How well we communicate is determined not by how well we say things but how well we are understood.
Less, less of self each day, And more, my God, of Thee!
Happiness is a shadow of harmony; it follows harmony. There is no other way to be happy.
Forty is better than 30. I have a better understanding of who I am, what makes me tick, what's okay and not okay.