A truly good book teaches me better than to read it. I must soon lay it down and commence living on its hint. What I began by reading I must finish by acting.

If I am walking with two other men each of them will serve as my teacher. I will pick out the good points of the one and imitate them and the bad points of the other and correct them in myself.

Jesus does not give recipes that show the way to God as other teachers of religion do. He is himself the way.

What do I care about Jupiter? Justice is a human issue and I do not need a god to teach it to me.

If I be worthy I live for my God to teach the heathen even though they may despise me.

If you tell God no because He won't explain the reason He wants you to do something you are actually hindering His blessing. But when you say yes to Him all of heaven opens to pour out His goodness and reward your obedience. What matters more than material blessings are the things He is teaching us in our spirit.

If God treats you well by teaching you a disastrous lesson you never forget it.

If I have any worth it is to live my life for God so as to teach these peoples even though some of them still look down on me.

I used to read five psalms every day - that teaches me how to get along with God. Then I read a chapter of Proverbs every day and that teaches me how to get along with my fellow man.

War is God's way of teaching Americans geography.