No horse gets anywhere until he is harnessed. No stream or gas drives anything until it is confined. No Niagara is ever turned into light and power until it is tunneled. No life ever grows great until it is focused,…

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Christians are supposed not merely to endure change, nor even to profit by it, but...

Christians are supposed not merely to endure change, nor even to profit by it, but...

Our power is not so much in us as through us.

Our power is not so much in us as through us.

Bitterness imprisons life; love releases it.

Bitterness imprisons life; love releases it.

God has put within our lives meanings and possibilities that quite outrun the limits of...

God has put within our lives meanings and possibilities that quite outrun the limits of...

A good sermon is an engineering operation by which a chasm is bridged so that...

A good sermon is an engineering operation by which a chasm is bridged so that...

Life asks not merely what you can do; it asks how much can you endure...

Life asks not merely what you can do; it asks how much can you endure...

Nothing else matters much; not wealth, nor learning, nor even health...without this gift: the spiritual...

Nothing else matters much; not wealth, nor learning, nor even health...without this gift: the spiritual...

God is not a cosmic bellboy for whom we can press a button to get...

God is not a cosmic bellboy for whom we can press a button to get...

Religion is not a burden, not a weight, it is wings.

Religion is not a burden, not a weight, it is wings.

Liberty is always dangerous, but it is the safest thing we have.

Liberty is always dangerous, but it is the safest thing we have.

Preaching is personal counseling on a group basis.

Preaching is personal counseling on a group basis.

I would rather live in a world where my life is surrounded by mystery than...

I would rather live in a world where my life is surrounded by mystery than...

Life consists not simply in what heredity and environment do to us but in what...

Life consists not simply in what heredity and environment do to us but in what...

We cannot all be great, but we can always attach ourselves to something that it...

We cannot all be great, but we can always attach ourselves to something that it...

He who chooses the beginning of the road chooses the place it leads to. It...

He who chooses the beginning of the road chooses the place it leads to. It...

To keep the Golden Rule we must put ourselves in other people's places, but to...

To keep the Golden Rule we must put ourselves in other people's places, but to...

God is not a cosmic bell-boy for whom we can press a button to get...

God is not a cosmic bell-boy for whom we can press a button to get...

The best thing of being with God isn't the blessing, but the peaceful feeling for...

The best thing of being with God isn't the blessing, but the peaceful feeling for...

Any fool can count the seeds in an apple. Only God can count all the...

Any fool can count the seeds in an apple. Only God can count all the...

God is good to the Irish, but no one else is; not even the Irish

God is good to the Irish, but no one else is; not even the Irish