I try to look on all the great things God’s done, and not focus on the negative. It’s a perspective.

Every person takes the limits of their own field of vision for the limits of the world.

The miracle is not that we do this work, but that we are happy to do it.

To gather with God’s people in united adoration of the Father is as necessary to the Christian life as prayer.

There are worse things in life than death. Have you ever spent an evening with an insurance salesman?

In terms of doing work and in terms of learning and evolving as a person, you just grow more when you get more people’s perspectives… I really try and live the mission of the company and… keep everything else in my life extremely simple.

Don’t feel sorry for me.

You can’t have it all, all at once. Who – man or woman – has it all, all at once? Over my lifespan, I think I have had it all. But in different periods of time, things were rough. And if you have a caring life partner, you help the other person when that person needs it.

My evidence that I am saved does not lie in the fact that I preach, or that I do this or that. All my hope lies in this: that Jesus Christ came to save sinners. I am a sinner, I trust Him, then He came to save me, and I am saved.

We have a choice about how we take what happens to us in our life and whether or not we allow it to turn us. We can become consumed by hate and darkness, or we’re able to regain our humanity somehow, or come to terms with things and learn something about ourselves.

Be a sinner and sin strongly, but more strongly have faith and rejoice in Christ.

He who has faith has… an inward reservoir of courage, hope, confidence, calmness, and assuring trust that all will come out well – even though to the world it may appear to come out most badly.

Don’t be misled by those who claim God doesn’t exist, because He does.

Everything that is done in the world is done by hope.

Most of the time, I’m not even working; I’m just helping people, because I feel that I am too lucky.

Never in any case say I have lost such a thing, but I have returned it. Is your child dead? It is a return. Is your wife dead? It is a return. Are you deprived of your estate? Is not this also a return?

My advice to other disabled people would be, concentrate on things your disability doesn’t prevent you doing well, and don’t regret the things it interferes with. Don’t be disabled in spirit as well as physically.

No matter what happens in life, be good to people. Being good to people is a wonderful legacy to leave behind.

Every day we have plenty of opportunities to get angry, stressed or offended. But what you’re doing when you indulge these negative emotions is giving something outside yourself power over your happiness. You can choose to not let little things upset you.

I believe that my parents did wonderful things for us.

Base souls have no faith in great individuals.

See how many are better off than you are, but consider how many are worse.

See any detour as an opportunity to experience new things.

I had faith in Israel before it was established, I have in it now. I believe it has a glorious future before it – not just another sovereign nation, but as an embodiment of the great ideals of our civilization.

A man must now swallow more belief than he can digest.

Each part of my life provided respite from the other and gave me a sense of proportion that classmates trained only on law studies lacked.

I believe that the greatest form of prayer is praise to God.

To a profound pessimist about life, being in danger is not depressing.

My grandpa was a preacher.

When you seek the presence of your creative Spirit and are filled with passion about virtually everything you undertake, you’ll successfully remove the roadblocks from your life and enjoy the active presence of Spirit.

Most human beings have an almost infinite capacity for taking things for granted.

Let God’s promises shine on your problems.

I really don’t pay attention to the outside world when I’m incarcerated, because being in prison is like being in a different world. So I don’t pay attention to what’s going on outside of jail, because it’s all beyond my control.

Life’s too short to hang out with people who aren’t resourceful.

Experience is not what happens to you; it’s what you do with what happens to you.

A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin.

To some extent I liken slavery to death.

You can’t have everything. Where would you put it?

I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am.

There are no eternal facts, as there are no absolute truths.

We have a big appetite for putting people down but, at the heart of everyone, there’s enough room for all of us to succeed.

I’ve learned through my own relationship with God that He’s not expecting me to be perfect; He wants me to do my best to be in His will and take steps of faith as He leads me, through His Word and the promptings He speaks to my heart.

We cannot insist only on issues related to abortion, gay marriage and the use of contraceptive methods. The teaching of the church is clear, and I am a son of the church, but it is not necessary to talk about these issues all the time.

I long for the time when all human history is taught as one history, because it really is.

Dispassionate objectivity is itself a passion, for the real and for the truth.

Old men are dangerous: it doesn’t matter to them what is going to happen to the world.

When you face a ‚performance‘ that might provoke the ‚I’m scared‘ response, choose love and approach your opportunity as a chance to dance with God. It’s more fun than ‚Dancing with the Stars!‘

You are important enough to ask and you are blessed enough to receive back.

A child thinks 20 shillings and 20 years can scarce ever be spent.

Each one prays to God according to his own light.

An example I often use to illustrate the reality of vanity, is this: look at the peacock; it’s beautiful if you look at it from the front. But if you look at it from behind, you discover the truth… Whoever gives in to such self-absorbed vanity has huge misery hiding inside them.

If the Christian is a restorationist, a legalist, if he wants everything clear and safe, then he will find nothing. Tradition and memory of the past must help us to have the courage to open up new areas to God.

A pessimist? That’s a person who has been intimately acquainted with an optimist.

I believe in manicures. I believe in overdressing. I believe in primping at leisure and wearing lipstick. I believe in pink. I believe happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day, and… I believe in miracles.

The people of Northern Ireland have sorted out my whole life.

A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance.

I am a Catholic because I choose to be a Catholic. And then I go to the Mass because I choose. It is out of my free will.

Over the years I’ve learned how to lock myself up in a prison of hope, knowing that God has nothing but His best planned for me. He promised me things concerning my ministry and my life.

All I know is that, thanks to a sort of habit which has always been ingrained in me, I have never, at any moment of my life, experienced the least difficulty in addressing myself to God as to a supreme Someone.

Will not a tiny speck very close to our vision blot out the glory of the world, and leave only a margin by which we see the blot? I know no speck so troublesome as self.

Life is one big road with lots of signs. So when you riding through the ruts, don’t complicate your mind. Flee from hate, mischief and jealousy. Don’t bury your thoughts, put your vision to reality. Wake Up and Live!