Like all art, poems are only hints and guesses that draw our attention to something larger.

Disappointment often focuses on the failure of our own agenda rather than on God's long-term purposes for us, which may use stress and struggle as tools for strengthening our spiritual muscles.

I took a wrong turn the other day. A mistake, but it led me to the shop where I found the very thing I’d been searching for.

We have a 'now you see Him, now you don't' God. We have Himself clothed in visions, in dreams, in metaphors, in parables, in the poetry of the Bible, and in all the ordinariness of the lives we live.

Being in a state of mystery seems to be my calling.

Faith today is not enough for tomorrow. It must be constantly renewed by a conscious act.

Train up a child in such a way she or he should go even when she or he is old she or he will not depart' Proverb

People ask you for criticism, but they only want praise.

I pray for a more friendly, more caring, and more understanding human family on this planet. To all who dislike suffering, who cherish lasting happiness, this is my heartfelt appeal.

Hope is a leg of a 3-legged stool with Faith and Charity.

Music is the soundtrack to my life.

If we can reawaken that fierce quality in a man, hook it up to a higher purpose, release the warrior within, then the boy can grow up and become truly masculine.

Influencers influence people and the people who they influence.

I wish... that you had as much pleasure in following my advice, as I have in giving it.

The fact of the matter is that the U.S. is run by an unusually class-conscious, dedicated business class that has a very violent labor history, much worse than in Europe.

It is one of the great troubles of life that we cannot have any unmixed emotions. There is always something in our enemy that we like, and something in our sweetheart that we dislike.