Good is never accomplished except at the cost of those who do it, truth never breaks through except through the sacrifice of those who spread it.
The night is dark and I am far from home.
God knows what is my greatest happiness, but I do not. There is no rule about what is happy and good; what suits one would not suit another. And the ways by which perfection is reached vary very much;...
Slang surely, as it is called, comes of, and breathes of the personal
To obtain the gift of holiness is the work of a life.
Living movements do not come of committees, nor are great ideas worked out through the post, even though it had been the penny post.
Ten thousand difficulties do not make one doubt, as I understand the subject; difficulty and doubt are incommensurate.
Lead kindly Light amid the encircling gloom Lead Thou me on! The night is dark and I am far from home - Lead Thou me on! Keep Thou my feet I do not ask to see The distant scene - one step enoug...
A true development, then, may be described as one which is conservative of the course of antecedent developments being really those antecedents and something besides them: it is an addition which illu...
The world then is the enemy of our souls; first, because, however innocent its pleasures, and praiseworthy its pursuits may be, they are likely to engross us, unless we are on our guard: and secondly,...
Doing is at a far greater distance from intending to do than you at first sight imagine. Join
Doctrine without its correspondent principle remains barren, if not lifeless, of which the Greek Church seems an instance; or
Al negar toda autoridad trascendente se afirma que es el hombre quien se da el poder a sí mismo. A partir de ahí, como podemos ver en tantos ejemplos cercanos, se puede negar la potestad de los padres...
God has created all things for good; all things for their greatest good; everything for its own good. What is the good of one is not the good of another; what makes one man happy would make another un...
I sought to hear the voice of God and climbed the topmost steeple, but God declared: "Go down again - I dwell among the people.
A great memory is never made synonymous with wisdom, any more than a dictionary would be called a treatise.
The minds of young people are pliable and elastic, and easily accommodate themselves to any one they fall in with.
Lead, Kindly Light, amidst th'encircling gloom,Lead Thou me on!The night is dark, and I am far from home,Lead Thou me on!Keep Thou my feet; I do not ask to seeThe distant scene; one step enough for me...
I want something; I know not what. It is you that I want, though I so little understand this. I say it and take it on faith; I partially understand it, but very poorly. Shine on me O fire ever burning...
God has created me to do Him some definite service. He has committed some work to me which He has not committed to another. I have my mission. I may never know it in this life, but I shall be told it...