The true wisdom is that it is not what a man does, or has, or says, that matters; but what he is.
This must be the aim of practical philosophy—to make a man be something.
The world judges a man by his station, inherited or acquired. God judges by his character. To be our best we must share God's viewpoint.
To the world death is always a tragedy; to the Christian it is never a tragedy unless a man has been a contemptible character.
Religion is the widening of a man's horizon so as to include God.
It is in the nature of a speculation, but its returns are immediate.
True religion means betting one's life that there is a God.
Its immediate fruits are courage, stability, calm, unselfishness, friendship, generosity, humility, and hope.
Religion is the only possible basis of optimism.