Have we the humility to thank our Father for the gift of pain?

Failure means nothing now, only that it taught me life.

The world is full of noise. Might we not set ourselves to learn silence, stillness solitude?

Among the most joyful people I have known have been some who seem to have had no human reason for joy. The sweet fragrance of Christ has shown through their lives.

I realized that the deepest spiritual lessons are not learned by His letting us have our way in the end, but by His making us wait, bearing with us in love and patience until we are able to honestly to pray what He taught His disciples to pray: Thy will be done.

Nothing trains and teaches so powerfully as love. Love attracts. it does not coerce. If the aim of parents is to teach their children to love God they must show their love for Him by loving each other and loving the children.

The world cries for men who are strong; strong in conviction, strong to lead, to stand, to suffer.