“A religion that gives nothing, costs nothing, and suffers nothing, is worth nothing.”

Whoever does not know God hidden in suffering does not know God at all.

It’s not what I don’t know that bothers me – it’s what I do know and don’t do!

Either sin is with you, lying on your shoulders, or it is lying on Christ, the Lamb of God. Now if it is lying on your back, you are lost; but if it is resting on Christ, you are free, and you will be saved. Now choose what you want.

If ever the church is to flourish again, one must begin by instructing the young.

If ever the church is to flourish again, one must begin by instructing the young.

If ever the church is to flourish again, one must begin by instructing the young.

Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.

Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.

Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.

A lie is like a snowball: the further you roll it the bigger it becomes.

The sin underneath all our sins is to trust the lie of the serpent that we cannot trust the love and grace of Christ and must take matters into our own hands.

Many pass for saints on earth whose souls are in hell.

If the earth is fit for laughter then surely heaven is filled with it. Heaven is the birthplace of laughter.

The Bible is alive, it speaks to me; it has feet, it runs after me; it has hands, it lays hold of me.

Make sure to send a lazy man the angel of death.

Strange, though I am saved from sin, I am not saved from sinning.

The heart of the giver makes the gift dear and precious.

Alms in secret extinguish the wrath of the Lord’ means you are so immersed in sincerity and in preserving that sincerity that you have no pleasure in giving alms.

Art is both the taking and giving of beauty, the turning out to the light of the inner folds of the awareness of the spirit.

True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost.

Logic and cold reason are poor weapons to fight fear and distrust. Only faith and generosity can overcome them.

Lord, grant that anger or other bitterness does not reign over us, but that your grace, genuine kindness, loyalty, and every kind of friendliness, generosity, and gentleness may reign in us. Amen

In faith and hope the world will disagree, but all mankind’s concern is charity.

At the end of the day, you either want or you don’t want to know about it. It’s a mercy thing – you have to give back. However you do it, you have to give something back. You have to.