Look for solutions, not problems.
The history of the Church of Christ from the days of the Apostles has been a history of spiritual movements.
A deliberate rejection of duty prescribed by already recognized truth cannot but destroy, or at least impair most seriously the clearness of our mental vision.
It is only Jesus Christ who has thrown light on life and immortality through the gospel; and because He has done so, and has enabled us by His atoning death and intercession to make the most of this discovery, His gospel is, for all who will, a power of God unto salvation.
Practically speaking, there are for each one of us two supreme realities -- God and the soul. The heavens and the earth will pass away. But the soul will still remain, face to face with God.
If Christianity has really come from heaven, it must renew the whole life of man; it must govern the life of nations no less than that of individuals; it must control a Christian when acting in his public and political capacity as completely as when he is engaged in the duties which belong to him as a member of a family circle.
What we do on some great occasion will probably depend on what we already are; and what we are will be the result of previous years of self-discipline.
Never betray His principles for any reason whatsoever, and take great care not to spoil God's affairs by too much haste in them.
Courage and fear were one thing too.
There are few people more convinced of their own genius than those who complain of how stupid they are.
Maybe happiness is like a virus. Maybe it's one of those bugs that sits for a long time, so we don't even know that we are infected.