Some have more capacity. Some proceed a few steps along the way. But Christ seemed to love all men. He desired all to be saved.

You will know your vocation by the joy that it brings you. You will know. You will know when it's right.

It is people who are important, not the masses.

We are not, most of us, capable of exalted emotion, save rarely.

If you are rushed for time, sow time and you will reap time. Go to church and spend a quiet hour in prayer. You will have more time than ever and your work will get done. Sow time with the poor. Sit and listen to them, give them your time lavishly. You will reap time a hundredfold.

Two years ago, I was saying as I planted seeds in the garden, "I must believe in these seeds, that they fall into the earth and grow into flowers and radishes and beans." It is a miracle to me because I do not understand it. The very fact that they use glib technical phrases does not make it any less a miracle, and a miracle we all accept. Then why not accept God's miracles?

You can spend your time agonizing or organizing.