We tend to select top men for their character and capacity, then overload them according to their willingness.
The true test of faith is how we treat those who can do nothing for us in return.
Whether we live in poverty or prosperity, we can still live generously.
We may not have the ability to change all of the world's wrongs, but we can make a difference where we are.
The solution to our human frailty is not to try harder, but to turn Godward.
The emphasis in Scripture is not the amount we give, but the attitude with which we give.
When you rest, realize it is not simply ceasing from activity…it is a gift from God.
I haven't told anyone this before, but when I was a teenager. . . I actually thought I was turning into a boy, and I didn't really care. It didn't bother me at all.
The only revolution that will change anything is a revolution of perception.
We are a nation of communities. . . a brilliant diversity spread like stars, like a thousand points of light in a broad and peaceful sky.
If slavery be a sin, it is not yours. It does not rest on your action for its origin, on your consent for its existence. It is a common law right to property in the service of man; its origin was Divine decree.