Grace is the power of the Holy Spirit coming to us free of charge to enable you to do with ease what you could never do on your own with any amount of struggle and effort.

One does not miss heaven by a hair, but by constant effort to avoid and escape God.

But instinct is something which transcends knowledge. We have, undoubtedly, certain finer fibers that enable us to perceive truths when logical deduction, or any other willful effort of the brain, is futile.

The Tao of the sage is work without effort.

A drowning man cannot be saved until he is utterly exhausted and ceases to make the slightest effort to save himself.

Do what is healing to your spirit and without effort you will bring the world healing in return.

In all human affairs there are efforts, and there are results, and the strength of the effort is the measure of the result.

Faith, hope, love, and insight are the highest achievements of human effort. They are found-given-by experience.

The power of now can only be realized now. It requires no time and effort. Effort means you’re trying hard to get somewhere, and so you are not present, welcoming this moment as it is.

Effort is the siamese twin of success.