“A high station in life is earned by the gallantry with which appalling experiences are survived with grace.”
“Grace is not opposed to effort, it is opposed to earning. Earning is an attitude. Effort is an action. Grace, you know, does not just have to do with forgiveness of sins alone.”
“life by its mere appalling length is a feat of endurance for which you haven't the strength.”
“Lord, make my way prosperous not that I achieve high station, but that my life be an exhibit to the value of knowing God.”
“In the course of time, Michael Strogoff reached a high station in the Empire. But it is not the history of his success, but the history of his trials, which deserves to be related.”
“Experiences are the chemicals of life with which the philosopher experiments”