I take it that every Christian delivers himself up wholly to God in his baptism, when he renounces all the pomps and vanities of Satan, and enlists himself as a soldier to fight under Christ's banner all his life after. And Saint Paul, speaking of those that die with Christ, that they may live no longer to themselves, but to Him that died for them, does not mean this of monks only, but of Christians universally. ... The Colloquies of Erasmus July 13, 1999 Do right, and God's recompense to you will be the power of doing more right. Give, and God's reward to you will be the spirit of giving more: a blessed spirit, for it is the Spirit of God Himself, whose Life is the blessedness of giving. Love, and God will pay you with the capacity of more love; for love is Heaven: love is God within you.

Feast of John Keble, Priest, Poet, Tractarian, 1866 God's own work must be done by God's own ways. Otherwise, we can take no comfort in obtaining the end, if we cannot justify the means used thereunto.

As the evening sky faded from a salmon color to a sort of flint gray, I thought back to the salmon I caught that morning, and how gray he was, and how I named him Flint.

Honest Criticism is hard to take, particularly from a relative, a friend, an aquaintance, or a stranger.

There is another side to chivalry. If it dispenses leniency, it may with equal justification invoke control.

Make my joy complete by being of the same mind, maintaining the same love, united in spirit, intent on one purpose. Philippians 4:2

Wisdom has two parts: 1) Having a lot to say. 2) Not saying it.

Man finds it hard to get what he wants, because he does not want the best. God finds it hard to give, because He would give the best, and man will not take it.

Shyness is just egotism out of its depth.

As we advance in life, we learn the limits of our abilities.

There is not any memory with less satisfaction than the memory of some temptation we resisted.

The bird That glads the night had cheer'd the listening groves with sweet complainings.

Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are.

By annihilating the desires, you annihilate the mind. Every man without passions has within him no principle of action, nor motive to act.

The idea is to die young as late as possible.

You can do anything you think you can. This knowledge is literally the gift of the gods, for through it you can solve every human problem. It should make of you an incurable optimist. It is the open door.

SELFISH, adj. Devoid of consideration for the selfishness of others.

Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian.

The direct use of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employed only by small children and large nations.

Your temper is the only thing you can lose and still have.