“Happy the heart where love has come to birth.”

What a great favor God does to those He places in the company of good people!

Do not think you have gained a virtue unless you have first been tried by its opposite.

Blessed be He, Who came into the world for no other purpose than to suffer.

Teach by works more than words.

The life of the spirit is not our life, but the life of God within us.

Never affirm anything unless you are sure it is true.

What peace can we hope to find elsewhere if we have none within us.

Christ does not force our will, He only takes what we give Him. But He does not give Himself entirely until He sees that we yield ourselves entirely to Him.

Always think of yourself as everyone’s servant; look for Christ Our Lord in everyone and you will then have respect and reverence for them all.

Whoever has God lacks nothing. God alone suffices.

About the injunction of the Apostle Paul that women should keep silent in church? Don’t go by one text only.

We need no wings to go in search of Him, but have only to look upon Him present within us.

Let there be no disappointment when obedience keeps you busy in outward tasks. If it sends you to the kitchen, remember that the Lord walks among the pots and pans.

Remember that you have only one soul; that you have only one death to die; that you have only one life. . . . If you do this, there will be many things about which you care nothing.

To have courage for whatever comes in life – everything lies in that.

Prayer is a friendly conversation with the One we know loves us.

I was born in segregated Birmingham, Alabama. I didn’t have a white classmate till we moved to Denver.

I have died and rebirth a million times inside this body, and I have met a million people because of it.

Once you believe in who you are and who you were born to be, it can be very powerful.

It feels like I’ve been singing since I was born, and I have so many great memories with my family and friends centred around music.

Stop hoping for a completion of anything in life… Do what you love to do, what you are waiting to do, what you’ve been born to do, now.

If men gave birth, they’d be less inconsiderate.

I went to business school, and I went straight from that to a nine-year career at Microsoft. Eventually, I ran a big chunk of the consumer products division for Microsoft.Then I left with the birth of our first daughter because Bill and I both wanted to have a few kids.

Never allow any soul to clips your wings, you were born an ember. You were born a flame.