Expectations destroy our peace of mind. They are future disappointments, planned out in advance.

It's one thing to have a goal, but it's quite another thing to actually accept the challenge, develop a strategy to press for the goal, make the sacrifices, pay the price to move forward, and blessing of blessing, to realize some part of it.

I myself have suffered periodically from hearing voices at night when I'm trying to sleep.

Let every hindrance to joy become the soil out of which joy blossoms.

Your attitude toward others, work, and your daily life is a reflection of your attitude toward God.

When we promote the well-being of others God has placed in our lives our service glorifies God.

He had never thought of himself as much of a praying man, but as he sat in the car in the growing darkness and the minutes passed, he knew what it was to pray. It was to will goodness out of evil, hope out of despair, life out of death. It was to will dreams into existence and spectres into reality. It was to will an end to anguish and a beginning to joy.