There is no need to be dismayed if love sometimes follows torturous ways. Grace has the power to make straight the paths of human love.

Let us remember the past with gratitude, live the present with enthusiasm, and look forward to the future with confidence.

I plead with you--never, ever give up on hope, never doubt, never tire, and never become discouraged. Be not afraid.

The ultimate test of your greatness is the way you treat every human being.

Do not forget that true love sets no conditions; it does not calculate or complain, but simply loves.

If you want peace, work for justice. If you want justice, defend life. If you want life, embrace truth.

The way Jesus shows you is not easy. Rather, it is like a path winding up a mountain. Do not lose heart! The steeper the road, the faster it rises towards ever wider horizons.

Nobody is so poor he has nothing to give, and nobody is so rich he has nothing to receive.

Allow the light and the healing presence of Christ to shine brightly through your lives. In that way, all those who come in contact with you will discover the loving kindness of God.

Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought.

We are not the sum of our weaknesses and failures, we are the sum of the Father's love for us and our real capacity to become the image of His Son Jesus.

We are destroying all esthetic standards in the name of social justice.

Long marriages have ended in ruin over tiny and insignificant grievances that were never properly aired and instead grew into a brittle barnacle of hatred.

Maxim 2: A sergeant in motion outranks a lieutenant who doesn't know what's going on.-The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries

The seasons are what a symphony ought to be: four perfect movements in harmony with each other.

If something anticipated arrives too late it finds us numb, wrung out from waiting, and we feel - nothing at all. The best things arrive on time.

Do not make excuses, whether it's your fault or not.

John Fiedler's voice was kind of like the wind blowing through tall grass. It sounded homey and it sounded comforting.

Saying she doesn't mind being alone...that she's alright... There isn't a person alive who'd really feel that way!

In working out our callings, we are to perform for one audience, the audience of One.

As usual, the sock yarns have no idea what is going on.