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

God is God. I dethrone Him in my heart if I demand that he act in ways that satisfy my idea of justice.

The will of God is not something you add to your life. It’s a course you choose. You either line yourself up with the Son of God…or you capitulate to the principle which governs the rest of the world.

We never know what God has up His sleeve. You never know what might happen; you only know what you have to do now.

She is free not by disobeying the rules but by obeying them.

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.

When ours are interrupted, his are not. His plans are proceeding exactly as scheduled, moving us always (including those minutes or hours or years which seem most useless or wasted or unendurable).