Writing is no dying art form in America because most published writers here accept the wisdom and the necessity of encouraging the talent that follows in their footsteps.

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

Dust off that Bible. It has the answers you are looking for, and its delights await you.

Just as stars shine brightest in the darkest night, your joy blazes brilliantly through life's problems when you count them as joy.

It takes a lot of grace and maturity to simply forgive, but a lot of healing takes place when you do.

The past can't be changed, can it? It can just be forgiven.

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.