Our culture places a very high premium on self-expression, but is relatively disinterested in producing "selves" that are worth expressing.

You will learn more from your friends than you ever will from books. Choose your friends wisely

It constantly amazes me that men and women wander the earth marveling at the highest mountains, the deepest ocean, the whitest sands, the most exotic islands, the most intriguing birds of the air and fish of the sea - and all the time never stop to marvel at themselves and realize their infinite potential as human beings.

Whether you are sixteen or sixty, the rest of your life is ahead of you. You cannot change one moment of your past, but you can change your whole future. Now is your time.

God of hope, I look to you with an open heart and yearning spirit. During this Advent season, I will keep alert and awake, listening for your word and keeping to your precepts. My hope is in you.

We are not here to solve the problems; the problems are here to solve us.

Discipline is the path to happiness.