Look, little currant bush, I am the gardener here, and I know what I want you to be. I didn’t intend you to be a fruit tree or a shade tree. I want you to be a currant bush, and some day, little currant bush, when you are laden with fruit, you are going to say, ‘Thank you, Mr. Gardener, for loving me enough to cut me down, for caring enough about me to hurt me. Thank you, Mr. Gardener.’

Even as water carves monuments of stone, so do our thoughts shape our character.

If any of you have a desire to be mediocre, you will probably find that you have already achieved your ambition.

The Church has always advised against birth control and that is the only position the Church can take in view of our beliefs with respect to the eternity of the marriage covenant and the purpose of this divine relationship.

If you are to be among the noble you must be noble. If you are to be among the wise, you must be wise, if you would be among the pure in heart, you must be pure in heart.

The master who loved most of all, endured the most and proved his love by his endurance.

The law of the harvest is inexorable (impossible to stop or prevent) . As we sow, so shall we reap.