Behold me, here I am; thy little handmaiden Acceptance-with-Joy and all that is in my heart is thine.

Your reactions to your enemy can hurt you more than your enemy can.

Love opens the eyes of our understanding and enables us to see more of the truth than can those who are blinded by self-love. Those who love most, see most.

God has made us for Himself, and our hearts can never know rest and perfect satisfaction until they find it in Him.

O Shepherd. You said you would make my feet like hinds' feet and set me upon High Places". "Well", he answered "the only way to develop hinds' feet is to go by the paths which the hinds use.

It is better to go stumbling, and weeping, and crawling like a worm along the way of love, than to give up and choose some other way.

... Every circumstance in life, no matter how crooked and distorted and ugly it appears to be, if it is reacted to in love and forgiveness and obedience to your will can be transformed.

When you wear the weed of impatience in your heart instead of the flower Acceptance-with-Joy, you will always find your enemies get an advantage over you.

Those who love most, see most.

Prayer need not be a burdensome duty. It is meant to be a joyful and creative privilege.

Humble yourself, and you will find that Love is spreading a carpet of flowers beneath your feet.

My Muse sits forlornShe wishes she had not been bornShe sits in the coldNo word she says is ever told.

Been conscious of your deficiencies helps you trust more in the Lord

...to be able to enjoy the life you have spent, is to live it twice.

I couldn’t even tell if I had any sadness of my own, because I was so full of Abuelita’s sadness.

A wise person does not fear failure but gains experience and wisdom.

I have to trust what I do and then do it.

I believe that the entire effort of modern society should be concentrated on the endeavor to outlaw war as a method of the solution of problems between nations.

Books seek us out. They slip themselves into our hands just at the time we are ready for a new self-concept.

I hate to tell you this, but you will never actually go to a galaxy far, far away and encounter Darth Vader. That's science fiction; it isn't going to happen.

If we continue to devalue ourselves we cannot realistically expect respect from others.