I have learned now that while those who speak about one's miseries usually hurt, those who keep silence hurt more.

The birth of Christ is the central event in the history of the earth-- the very thing the whole story has been about.

Never, in peace or war, commit your virtue or your happiness to the future. Happy work is best done by the man who takes his long-term plans somewhat lightly and works from moment to moment 'as to the Lord.' It is only our daily bread that we are encouraged to ask for. The present is the only time in which any duty can be done or any grace received.

Humans are very seldom either totally sincere or totally hypocritical. Their moods change, their motives are mixed, and they are often quite mistaken as to what their motives are.

God is the only comfort, He is also the supreme terror: the thing we most need and the thing we most want to hide from.

We must picture Hell as a state where everyone is perpetually concerned about his own dignity and advancement, where everyone has a grievance, and where everyone lives the deadly serious passions of envy, self-importance, and resentment.

God will look to every soul like its first love because He is its first love.