No matter what the ladies’ contribution, the Revolution was not fought to prove that all women were created equal.
There is no competition of sounds between a nightingale and a violin.
A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body.
More than any other attribute of Jesus, his humility is the key to a healthy marriage. If two people make it their goal to imitate the humility of Christ, everything else will take care of itself.
Ninety-five per cent of your success or failure will come from your daily habits.
Ability to find the answers is more important than ability to know the answers.
Just as a cautious businessman avoids investing all his capital in one concern, so wisdom would probably admonish us also not to anticipate all our happiness from one quarter alone.
Sacrifice of the self is sheer stupidity if sacrifice is not for the self.
Don't mistake activity with achievement.
My father, [was] a mid-level phonecompany manager who treated my mother at best like an incompetent employee. At worst? He never beat her, but his pure, inarticulate fury would fill the house for days...
Most priests wish they were as righteous as they seem to most members of their congregations.