Though it would take a long time for him to understand the principle, it was that to be paid for one's joy is to steal.
I used to wonder if it was God's plan that I should be alone for so much of my life. But I found peace. I found happiness within people and the world.
I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way - things I had no words for.
Values are the definition of our actions in life
Even when I work with computers, with high technology, I always try to put in the touch of the hand.
Whatever we have in the glory of man is "away". Those are just not enough before we go "home" to the glory of God.
There are times when solitude is better than society, and silence is wiser than speech. We should be better Christians if we were more alone, waiting upon God, and gathering through meditation on His...
Most priests wish they were as righteous as they seem to most members of their congregations.
It is no accident that the words discipline and disciple resemble each other in the English language. The most common word in the Gospels for a Christian is disciple.
The best thing to hold onto in life is each other.
When a blind man says, 'God is good,' this should be an eye-opener to those who can see.