When we are unhurried and wise, we perceive that only great and worthy things have any permanent and absolute existence, that petty fears and petty pleasures are but the shadow of the reality.
It is not much for its beauty that makes a claim upon men's hearts, as for that subtle something, that quality of air that emanates from old trees, that so wonderfully changes and renews a weary spirit.
Be more prompt to go to a friend in adversity than in prosperity.
Hope is tomorrow's veneer over today's disappointment.
I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection. Excellence, I can reach for; perfection is God's business.
The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it.
Resolve to edge in a little reading every day, if it is but a single sentence. If you gain fifteen minutes a day, it will make itself felt at the end of the year.