Prayer does not fit us for the greater work; prayer is the greater work.

There are certain things we must not pray about - moods, for instance. Moods never go by praying, moods go by kicking.

... God loved me not because I was lovable, but because it was His nature to do so.

Am I as spontaneously kind to God as I used to be, or am I only expecting God to be kind to me? Am I full of the little things that cheer His heart over me, or am I whimpering because things are going hardly with me? There is no joy in the soul that has forgotten what God prizes.

There is no joy in the soul that has forgotten what God prizes.

If our hopes are being disappointed just now, it means that they are being purified.