“If the Gospels were truly the pattern of God’s activity, then defeat was only the beginning.”

“It is not my ability, but my response to God’s ability, that counts.”

“We never know how God will answer our prayers, but we can expect that He will get us involved in His plan for the answer. If we are true intercessors, we must be ready to take part in God’s work on behalf of the people for whom we pray.”

“All through the short afternoon they kept coming, the people who counted themselves Father's friends. Young and old, poor and rich, scholarly gentlemen and illiterate servant girls—only to Father did it seem that they were all alike. That was Father's secret: not that he overlooked the differences in people; that he didn't know they were there.”

“There is no panic in Heaven! God has no problems, only plans.”

“Perhaps only when human effort had done it's best and failed, would God's power alone be free to work.”

“This is what the past is for! Every experience God gives us, every person He puts in our lives is the perfect preparation for the future that only He can see.”