Joy is the realest reality, the fullest life, and joy is always given, never grasped. God gives gifts and I give thanks and I unwrap the gift given: joy. (Page 57)

...the secret to joy is to keep seeking God where we doubt He is.

A life contemplating the blessings of Christ becomes a life acting the love of Christ.

Joy is the realest reality, the fullest life, and joy is always given, never grasped. God gives gifts and I give thanks and I unwrap the gift given: joy.

Gratitude for the seemingly insignificant—a seed—this plants the giant miracle.

Our fall was, has always been, and always will be, that we aren’t satisfied in God and what He gives. We hunger for something more, something other.

Simplicity is ultimately a matter of focus.

Eucharisteo—thanksgiving—always precedes the miracle.

Thanksgiving-giving thanks in everything-prepares the way that God might show us His fullest salvation in Christ.

Sometimes you don’t know when you’re taking the first step through a door until you’re already inside.

Satan prowls but he’s a lion on a leash

If we don't think about our death until we die, how can we decide how we want to live?

You can’t demand peace, but you can reduce the reasons for war.

Work harder on improving yourself than on trying to forge better relationships.

Live together like brothers and do business like strangers.

Fear not, the people may be deluded for a moment, but cannot be corrupted.

Don't trust somebody that don't have a troubled period.

There is no fanaticism in any of this. There is intensity. You have to make it happen. You have to put your will into perfecting your daily life, into monitoring your thoughts.

Be patient. Do the best with what you know. When you know more, adjust the trajectory.

A pilot who says he has never been frightened in an airplane is, I'm afraid, lying.

Just because something isn't happening for you right now, doesn't mean it won't happen. God's timing is perfect.