The Christian religion asks us to put our trust not in ideas, and certainly not in ideologies, but in a God Who was vulnerable enough to become human and die, and Who desires to be present to us in our ordinary circumstances.

Not money, or success, or position or travel or love makes happiness,--service is the secret.

I was taught that I had to 'master' subjects. But who can 'master' beauty, or peace, or joy?

Traversing a slow page, to come upon a lode of the pure shining metal is to exult inwardly for greedy hours.

If we are lucky, we can give in and rest without feeling guilty. We can stop doing and concentrate on being.

Changing husbands is only changing troubles.

They are fruit and transport: ripening melons, prairie schooners journeying under full sail.