Hope is such a beautiful word, but it often seems very fragile. Life is still being needlessly hurt and destroyed.
As the poet said, 'Only God can make a tree' - probably because it's so hard to figure out how to get the bark on.
The glory of Christianity is to conquer by forgiveness.
Scientist believe in things, not in persons
You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt loses its flavor, how shall it be seasoned? It is then good for nothing but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by men.
There is a justifiable reaction against a type of religion which imposed rigid restrictions on any kind of rational enjoyment, while it left men free to exploit one another and to make life hideous in the race for wealth.
Do not let Sunday be taken from you If your soul has no Sunday, it becomes an orphan.
Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.
Unless there is a Good Friday in your life, there can be no Easter Sunday.
The thing the sixties did was to show us the possibilities and the responsibility that we all had. It wasn't the answer. It just gave us a glimpse of the possibility.
When people cease to believe in God, they don't believe in nothing; they believe in anything.
The good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For out of the overflow of his heart his mouth speaks.
The theological virtue of charity is the mysterious power, communicated by grace, to love as God loves.
You may never have proof of your importance but you are more important than you think. There are always those who couldn’t do without you. The rub is that you don’t always know who.
There is only one Christ, Jesus, one faith. All else is a dispute over trifles.
A science which does not bring us nearer to God is worthless.
Whatever makes men good Christians, makes them good citizens.
Rejoice and be glad for your reward is great in heaven.
In faith and hope the world will disagree, but all mankind's concern is charity. .
Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother.
Doubt everything. Find your own light.
