For whenever unbaptized persons die confessing Christ, this confession is of the same efficacy for the remission of sins as if they were washed in the sacred font of baptism.

To fall in love with God is the greatest romance; to seek him the greatest adventure; to find him, the greatest human achievement.

Patience is the companion of wisdom.

A Christian is: a mind through which Christ thinks, a heart through which Christ loves, a voice through which Christ speaks, and a hand through which Christ helps.

Take care of your body as if you were going to live forever; and take care of your soul as if you were going to die tomorrow.

The truth is like a lion; you don’t have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself.

Because God has made us for Himself, our hearts are restless until they rest in Him.

Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.

Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you.

Hope has two beautiful daughters; their names are Anger and Courage. Anger at the way things are, and Courage to see that they do not remain as they are.

There is no saint without a past, no sinner without a future.

Courage is as often the outcome of despair as of hope in the one case we have nothing to lose in the other everything to gain.

In societies where men are truly confident of their own worth women are not merely "tolerated", they are valued.

Political gerrymandering makes the incentive for most members of Congress to play to the extremes of their base rather than to the center.

Never take advice from anyone with no investment in the outcome.

I believe you learn social skills by mixing with people.

I wondered about the half-life of regret.

There are natural and imprescriptible rights which an entire nation has no right to violate. —MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE

Everything you cherish Throws you over in the end Thorns will grab your ankles From the gardens that you tend.

All is going well so far. There are some remarks here and there and there are some complaints here and there but we expect to resolve those questions or complaints Sunday and the next day.

I believe in one God, and no more; and I hope for happiness beyond this life.