We are not judged by what we are basically. We are judged by how hard we use what we have been given. Success means nothing to the Lord.

Satisfy your demand for reason but always remember that charity is beyond reason, and God can be known through charity.

...you have to cherish the world at the same time that you struggle to endure it.

When in Rome, do as you done in Milledgeville.

I will rejoice the day when they say: This is right whether we all rot on top of each other or not, dear children, as we certainly may. Either practice restraint or be prepared for crowding.

Later he saw Jesus move from tree to tree in the back of his mind, a wild ragged figure motioning him to turn around and come off into the dark where he might be walking on the water and not know it and then suddenly know it and drown.

Anyone who survives a southern childhood has enough material to last a lifetime.