Significance is about who we are before it is about what we do.

Failure does not shape you; the way you respond to failure shapes you.

The test of love is that it gives even when there is no expectation of a return.

When we live in the love of God, we begin to pay attention to people the way God pays attention to us.

Love and hurry are fundamentally incompatible. Love always takes time, and time is the one thing hurried people don't have.

One reason why we fail to hear God speak is that we are not attentive. We suffer from what might be called 'spiritual mindlessness.'

Never worry alone. When anxiety grabs my mind, it is self-perpetuating. Worrisome thoughts reproduce faster than rabbits, so one of the most powerful ways to stop the spiral of worry is simply to disclose my worry to a friend... The simple act of reassurance from another human being [becomes] a tool of the Spirit to cast out fear -- because peace and fear are both contagious.