“God's way of answering the Christian's prayer for more patience, experience, hope and love often is to put him into the furnace of affliction.”

“If I have made an appointment with you, I owe you punctuality, I have no right to throw away your time, if I do my own.”

“The first step towards knowledge is to know that we are ignorant.”

“Every year of my life I grow more convinced that it is wisest and best to fix our attention on the beautiful and the good, and dwell as little as possible on the evil and the false.”

“Wisdom prepares for the worst, but folly leaves the worst for the day when it comes.”

“O heavenly Father,protect and bless all thingsthat have breath: guard themfrom all evil and let them sleep in peace.”

“When we retire at night, we constructively review our day. Were we resentful, selfish, dishonest or afraid? Do we owe an apology? Have we kept something to ourselves which should be discussed with ...”

“God help us to live slowly:To move simply:To look softly:To allow emptiness:To let the heart create for us.Amen.”