“The most likely man to go to hell is the man who has nothing to do on earth. Idle people tempt the devil to tempt them.”

“Faith goes up the stairs that love has built and looks out the windows which hope has opened.”

“There are times when solitude is better than society, and silence is wiser than speech. We should be better Christians if we were more alone, waiting upon God, and gathering through meditation on H...”

“When your will is God's will, you will have your will.”

“Master those books you have. Read them thoroughly. Bathe in them until they saturate you. Read and reread themdigest them. Let them go into your very self. Peruse a good book several times and make...”

“Hope itself is like a star- not to be seen in the sunshine of prosperity, and only to be discovered in the night of adversity. ”

“I am unpersuaded that relative poverty and hard work are greater adversities than relative affluence and free time.”

“Original sin is a self-initiating act because it evidences human free will. If humanity were devoid of free will, it would relegate humankind to living by instinct. A person who lives by instinct m...”

“Youll learn, as you get older, that rules are made to be broken. Be bold enough to live life on your terms, and never, ever apologize for it. Go against the grain, refuse to conform, take the road ...”

“Some people don't understand the promises they're making when they make them," I said."Right, of course. But you keep the promise anyway. That's what love is. Love is keeping the promise anyway.”

“I think if I've learned anything about friendship, it's to hang in, stay connected, fight for them, and let them fight for you. Don't walk away, don't be distracted, don't be too busy or tired, don...”

“And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.”