In order to do well, missionary work has to be totally positive.

The work of God can only be carried on by the power of God. The church is a spiritual organism fighting spiritual battles: only spiritual power can make it perform as God ordained.

Along with my will power, it was my parents who stood by me like a pillar of strength in my most challenging phase of life.

You are stronger than you think.

American fundamentalist thought connected strongly to reactionary political ideology as nervous Christians pushed back against liberal reforms on many fronts.

I entered the diocesan seminary. I liked the Dominicans, and I had Dominican friends. But then I chose the Society of Jesus, which I knew well because the seminary was entrusted to the Jesuits. Three things in particular struck me about the Society: the missionary spirit, community and discipline.

Action cures fear. Indecision, postponement, on the other hand, fertilize fear.

I don't think anybody in America ought to be scared.

It's OK to be outspoken about your faith.

They who overcome their desires once can overcome them always.

Language alone protects us from the scariness of things with no names.

What difference do it make if the thing you scared of is real or not?