If you take being a father seriously, you'll know that you're not big enough for the job, not by yourself...Being a father will put you on your knees if nothing else ever did.

Maturity starts with the willingness to give oneself.

Worry is the antithesis of trust. You simply cannot do both. They are mutually exclusive.

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).

The cross means suffering. Suffering's meaning is to be learned through the cross.

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.

Loneliness is a required course for leadership.