we follow One who stood and wept at the grave of Lazarus-not surely, because He was grieved that Mary and Martha wept, and sorrowed for their lack of faith (though some thus interpret) but because death, the punishment of sin, is even more horrible in his eyes than in ours.

What do people mean when they say, 'I am not afraid of God because I know He is good'? Have they never even been to a dentist?

The value given to the testimony of any feeling must depend on our whole philosophy, not our whole philosophy on a feeling.

Every day in a life fills the whole life with expectations and memory.

First be sure that you know exactly what you want to say. Then be sure you have said exactly that.

After each failure, ask forgiveness, pick yourself up, and try again. Very often what God first helps us toward is not the virtue itself but just this power of always trying again. For however important chastity (or courage, or truthfulness, or any other virtue) may be, this process trains us in habits of the soul which are more important still. It cures our illusions about ourselves and teaches us to depend on God. We learn, on the one hand, that we cannot trust ourselves even in our best moments, and, on the other, that we need not despair even in our worst, for our failures are forgiven.

Don't shine so that others can see you. Shine so that through you, others can see HIM.