Life is so much when we focus on what truly matters.

We do not need more intellectual power, we need more spiritual power. We do not need more of the things that are seen, we need more of the things that are unseen.

We live in an age of science and of abounding accumulation of material things. These did not create our Declaration. Our Declaration created them. The things of the spirit come first. Unless we cling to that, all our material prosperity, overwhelming though it may appear, will turn to a barren scepter in our grasp.

You are a slave of what you need in your soul.

we are not received by Jesus into a school of ethics but into a kingdom of redemption.

until a people's most pressing needs are addressed they will remain oblivious to other information and opportunities related to other needs, no matter how absolutely important they are. Family

Fame usually comes to those who are thinking about something else.

The focus on just thinking about standardized test scores as being synonymous with achievement for teenagers is ridiculous, right? There are so many things that kids care about, where they excel, where they try hard, where they learn important life lessons, that are not picked up by test scores.

My God, what do we want? What does any human being want?

It's not about getting what you want. It's about experiencing what you really need by becoming more.

God's goal is not to get what you want; it is to get you what you need.

We succeed only as we identify in life, or in war, or in anything else, a single overriding objective, and make all other considerations bend to that one objective.