When you wish to instruct, be brief; that men's minds take in quickly what you say, learn its lesson, and read more

When you wish to instruct, be brief; that men's minds take in quickly what you say, learn its lesson, and retain it faithfully. Every word that is unnecessary only pours over the side of a brimming mind.

Even if a unity of faith is not possible, a unity of love is.

Even if a unity of faith is not possible, a unity of love is.

Talk unbelief, and you will have unbelief; but talk faith, and you will have faith. According to the seed sown read more

Talk unbelief, and you will have unbelief; but talk faith, and you will have faith. According to the seed sown will be the harvest.

And grace that won who saw to wish her stay.

And grace that won who saw to wish her stay.

Treat the other man's faith gently; it is all he has to believe with. His mind was created for his read more

Treat the other man's faith gently; it is all he has to believe with. His mind was created for his own thoughts, not yours or mine.

Faith is a higher faculty than reason.

Faith is a higher faculty than reason.

Here comes one with a paper: God give him grace to groan!

Here comes one with a paper: God give him grace to groan!

For modes of faith let graceless zealots fight, His can't be wrong whose life is in the right.

For modes of faith let graceless zealots fight, His can't be wrong whose life is in the right.

To take up half on trust, and half to try,
Name it not faith but bungling bigotry.

To take up half on trust, and half to try,
Name it not faith but bungling bigotry.