There is no democracy of facts.

The soul is like a violin string: it makes music only when it is stretched.

The flame of family can warm us and at the same time be a perpetual pilot light to rekindle us.

Enthusiasm needs to be effective enthusiasm. We must distinguish between the contribution and enthusiasm of the cheerleader and the enthusiasm of the player. While cheerleaders serve an important purpose, the real contest involves players on the field or on the court of life. We must not go through life acting only as enthusiastic cheerleaders available for hire; we must be anxiously and personally engaged.

God's extraordinary work is most often done by ordinary people in the seeming obscurity of a home and family.

Blessed is he who will not be offended

God, as a loving Father, will stretch our souls at times. The soul is like a violin string: it makes music only when it is stretched. . . . God will tutor us by trying us because He loves us, not because of indifference!