He that would speak Divine things in a language which living men of to-day can comprehend, must keep up with the researches and discoveries of men who study nature, and put her words into the speech of the present.

There is more dynamite in an idea than in many bombs.

The teacher should use illustrations for the better teaching of the lesson, and never to fill up time, to amuse the class, or to display his own genius.

At some time, here or hereafter, every account must be settled, and every debt paid in full.

Ideas are the factors that lift civilization. They create revolutions. There is more dynamite in an idea than in many bombs.

In the highest class of God’s school of suffering we learn not resignation nor patience, but rejoicing in tribulation.

Reach up as far as you can, and God will reach down all the way.

There can be no rainbow without a cloud and a storm.

We are pilgrims, not settlers; this earth is our inn, not our home.