Our little pebble of poor performance helps to start, or to sustain, an avalanche.

Just as doubt, despair, and desensitization go together, so do faith, hope, and charity. The latter, however, must be carefully and constantly nurtured, whereas despair, like dandelions, needs so little encouragement to sprout and spread. Despair comes so naturally to the natural man!

Each day I see all about me the fruits of commandment-keeping.

Power is most safe with those who are not in love with it!

We are so busy constantly checking our own temperatures, we fail to notice the burning fevers of others.

We can't dwell upon another's ingratitude without using up our time and talents unprofitably.

If one is devoid of hope and thanksgiving, he cannot for long remain sinless, for he will, in despair, have slackened his resolve. Feelings of futility foster vulnerability. Self-pity is such a busy stagehand, rearranging the scenery to help sin make its entrance. No wonder the prophets say that without faith in the Lord, there is no hope.