The closing of a door can bring blessed privacy and comfort - the opening, terror. Conversely, the closing of a door can be a sad and final thing - the opening a wonderfully joyous moment.

Teachers who have plugged away at their jobs for twenty, thirty, and forty years are heroes. I suspect they know in their hearts they've done a good thing, too, and are more satisfied with themselves than most people are. Most of us end up with no more than five or six people who remember us. Teachers have thousands of people who remember them for the rest of their lives.

If you smile when no one else is around, you really mean it.

I like animals who trust people.

I'm always on the lookout for something good about people. Often months go by.

I've learned... That I can always pray for someone when I don't have the strength to help him in some other way.

Finding the tool is often half the battle.