Let us have integrity and not write checks with our tongues which our conduct cannot cash.

Empathy during agony is a portion of divinity.

Real hope is much more than wishful musing. It stiffens, not slackens, the spiritual spine.

Patience is tied very closely to faith in our Heavenly Father. Actually, when we are unduly impatient, we are suggesting that we know what is best—better than does God. Or, at least, we are asserting that our timetable is better than His. We can grow in faith only if we are willing to wait patiently for God's purposes and patterns to unfold in our lives, on His timetable.

When we rejoice in beautiful scenery, great art, and great music, it is but the flexing of instincts acquired in another place and another time.

As parenting declines, the need for policing increases. There will always be a shortage of police if there is a shortage of effective parents! Likewise, there will not be enough prisons if there are not enough good homes.

The "new" in us is bound to notice the "old" that remains.