"I bless God for this retirement: I never was more thankful for any thing than I have been of late for the necessity I am under of self-denial in many respects."

"Once more, Never think that you can live to God by your own power or strength but always look to and rely on him for assistance, yea, for all strength and grace."

"Ardent love or desire introduced, as passionately longing to please and glorify the Divine Being, to be in every respect conformed to him, and in that way to enjoy him."

"If you hope for happiness in the world, hope for it from God, and not from the world."

"Where an excess of power prevails, property of no sort is duly respected. No man is safe in his opinions, his person, his faculties, or his possessions."

"Rudeness is a weak imitation of strength."

"Don't let your will roar when your power only whispers."

"The word is a force you cannot see, but you can see the manifestation of that force, the expression of the word, which is your own life."