If all struggles and sufferings were eliminated, the spirit would no more reach maturity than would the child.

What I ought to do and what I feel like doing are seldom the same thing.

Fear arises when we imagine that everything depends on us.

We cannot give our hearts to God and keep our bodies for ourselves

What sort of world might it have been if Eve had refused the servants offer and had said to him instead, “let me not be like God. Let me be what I was made to be - let me be a woman'?

The man whose eye is single for the glory of Another can be trusted.

Thanksgiving and Christmas then, for us who love God, are not mere time outs from work days. They are a celebration of the gift of work itself, days on which we celebrate work by declaring our freedom. In a manner of speaking we announce that on this one day we may rest from our work, and without pressure or guilt, we may be glad. A holiday is a holy day-meant for rejoicing in God.