We must quit bending the word to suit our situation.

I think it is possible to learn stillness— but only if it is seriously sought

The life of faith is lived one day at a time, and it has to be lived. Not always looked forward to as though the "real" living were around the next corner. It is today for which we are responsible. God still owns tomorrow.

The cross means suffering. Suffering's meaning is to be learned through the cross.

If you take being a father seriously, you'll know that you're not big enough for the job, not by yourself. Being a father will put you on your knees if nothing else ever did.

Prayer lays hold of God's plan and becomes the link between His will and its accomplishment on earth. Amazing things happen, and we are given the privilege of being the channels of the Holy Spirit's prayer.

If you believe in a God who controls the big things, you have to believe in a God who controls the little things. It is we, of course, to whom things look 'little' or 'big'.

Stand true to your calling to be a man. Real women will always be relived and grateful when men are willing to be men.

A man must at times be hard as nails: willing to face up to the truth about himself, and about the woman he loves, refusing compromise when compromise is wrong. But he must also be tender. No weapon will breach the armor of a woman's resentment like tenderness.

Freedom begins way back. It begins not with doing what you want but with doing what you ought – that is, with discipline.