This world is not the sum total of God’s resources – on the contrary, it is only the ‘dream,’ the probation, the prelude of the true world, the true life.

You must grow like a tree, not like a mushroom.

The great thing and the hard thing is to stick to thing when you have outlived the first interest and not yet the second which comes with a sort of mastery.

The hard thing is to stick to things when you have outlived the first interest, and not yet got the second which comes with a sort of mastery.

The way to do much in a short time is to love much. People will do great things if they are stirred with enthusiasm and love.

It is better to begin a great work than to finish a small one.

I wish that Christmas may be happy and heavenly, and the holidays glow with the gifts of the inner life that God will give to each one.

All sorts of spiritual gifts come through privations, if they are accepted.

To aim at the best and to remain essentially ourselves is one and the same thing.

You must grow like a tree, not like a mushroom