When people think about 'thinking,' they often think 'academia;' they think 'threat.' They think 'coldness.' I want to reverse all those images and say, 'No, the brain God gave you is intended to throw fuel on the fire of your affections for God. It's really good at it if you let it.'

I think of Pope Gregory the Great. He wanted the cloister. He wanted to pray and study, and yet he was thrust into this administrative job, and he submitted to that. And in that submission, he became a great leader. You could say that the only person who is safe to lead is the person who is free to submit.

Plant thy foot firmly in the prints which His foot has made before thee.

Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections.

Act as if everything depended on you; trust as if everything depended on God.

Anyone who truly loves God travels securely.

Sweet Love say Where, how and when What do you want of me? Yours I am, for You I was born: What do you want of me? . . .

An angel can illume the thought and mind of man by strengthening the power of vision.

May God so work in our hearts that our faith is affectionate and our passion is principled.

Nothing to be done. I'm beginning to come round to that opinion.

Prudence is an attitude that keeps life safe, but does not often make it happy.

Clear your mind of can't.