“The best preparation is preparation before birth. The preacher and minister, like the poet, should be born for the work.”

Original: Y paratoad goreu yw paratoad cyn geni. Dylai y pregethwr a'r gweinidog, fel y bardd, gael ei eni i'r gwaith. — Arguing that vocation begins with natural aptitude as well as training · Address, Y Paratoad Goreu ar Gyfer y Weinidogaeth, 1895 (Welsh)

• Art
• Education
• Poetry

“When better singing is needed, their ears will have grown too heavy to hear the gentle sound of the music of the future.”

Original: Pan fydd eisiau gwell canu, bydd eu clustiau wedi trymhau gormod i glywed swn tyner miwsig y dyfodol. — A striking metaphor for becoming unable to hear the possibilities of a new age · Sermon, Cyfamod Duw a Dyn (Welsh)

• Change
• Music
• Time

“To meet the coming future, there should be two examinations: one for the schoolboy and one for the thoughtful man, with a class and work for each.”

Original: I gwrdd â'r dyfodol agos, dylai fod yna ddau arholiad, arholiad i'r bachgen ysgol, ac arholiad i'r dyn meddylgar; a dylai fod dosbarth a gwaith ar gyfer pob un ohonynt. — Advocating education that recognises different kinds of ability and experience · Address, Y Paratoad Goreu ar Gyfer y Weinidogaeth, 1895 (Welsh)

• Education
• Hope