All the sobriety which' religion needs or requires is that which real earnestness produces.
It is a very trying task for deceitful people, always to have to cover up their lack of sincerity and to repair the breaking of their word.
It is a singular characteristic of love that we cannot hide it where it exists, or pretend it where it does not exist.
To be too dissatisfied with ourselves is a weakness. To be too satisfied with ourselves is a stupidity.
There are people so blind and self-absorbed in all matters that they always believe that, whatever they desire or think, they can impose their will on other people. Whatever bad reason they use to persuade others, these self-centered people are so caught up in the process that it seems to them all they have to do is to speak their wishes in a lofty and commanding tone of voice in order to convince everybody.
There is a certain hidden mediocrity in those who are stationed above us in life, an ability to take liberties in their pursuit of pleasures and diversions, without injuring the honor and respect we owe to them.
There is as much wisdom in soliciting good counsel as in giving it. The most sensible people are not reluctant to consider the feelings of other people; and to know how to submit to the wise guidance of others is a kind of wisdom in itself.
A good person will feel guilty even before a dog.
But the one thing you should. not do is to suppose that when something is wrong with the arts, it is wrong with the arts ONLY.
The Bible does not oppose or forbid interracial marriages but sees them as a positive good for the glory of Christ.
Service is not something we endure on this earth so we can earn the right to live in the celestial kingdom. Service is the very fiber of which an exalted life in the celestial kingdom is made.