No one is exempt from trials and tribulations. In fact, this is often what happens to people God loves very much, for it is part of God’s often mysterious and good plan for turning us into something great.

Marriage has the power to set the course of your life as a whole. If your marriage is strong, even if all the circumstances in your life around you are filled with trouble and weakness, it won't matter. You will be able to move out into the world in strength.

For every one look at your sins, take five looks at your Savior.

Freedom is not the absence of limitations and constraints but it is finding the right ones, those that fit our nature and liberate us.

If you want God's grace, all you need is need, all you need is nothing.

When love of one's people becomes an absolute, it turns into racism. When love of equality turns into a supreme thing, it can result in hatred and violence toward anyone who has led a privileged life. It is the settled tendency of human societies to turn good political causes into counterfeit gods.

If I have the smile of God, all other frowns are inconsequential.