It is exciting to hear one of your fondest ideas formulated in one fell swoop, better than you could have done yourself.
This is a God who is not identified with the help of a dictionary but through a relationship.
Prayer is not asking for what you think you want, but asking to be changed in ways you can't imagine.
If grace is so wonderful, why do we have such difficulty recognizing and accepting it? Maybe it's because grace is not gentle or made-to-order. It often comes disguised as loss, or failure, or unwelcome change.
Just the knowledge that a good book is waiting one at the end of a long day makes that day happier.
I wonder if children don't begin to reject both poetry and religion for similar reasons, because the way both are taught takes the life out of them.
Not money, or success, or position or travel or love makes happiness,--service is the secret.
There's still a great hesitancy in the Irish make up about expressing feelings. . . it'd be nice to say I miss you, I love you, come home.
When you're writing, it's rather like going on a very long walk
One of the secrets of getting more done is to make a TO DO List every day, keep it visible, and use it as a guide to action as you go through the day.
Reading is by far the most successful pursuit of happiness.