Don't you see, hon, this is all beyond us. When things are out of your control, it's time to just sit back and watch the Lord at work.

With God in charge we don't have to be anxious or fear. He'll bring about what He needs to in order to accomplish His purposes. I'm just glad we're on His side.

I have never asked God to let me die young, It is true I have always thought I should do so, but it is a favour I have not tried to obtain.

Life is your barque not your home!

Man proposes, but God disposes.

Homo proponit, sed Deus disponit

The resolve of the just depends upon the grace of God, not on their own wisdom; in Him they trust, whatever they undertake. For man proposes, but God disposes; it is not for man to choose his lot.

A life without a purpose is a languid, drifting thing. Every day we ought to renew our purpose, saying to ourselves: This day let us make a sound beginning, for what we have hitherto done is nought.

The Philosopher says (Metaph. ii, 2) that "to suppose a thing to be indefinite is to deny that it is good." But the good is that which has the nature of an end. Therefore it is contrary to the nature of an end to proceed indefinitely. Therefore it is necessary to fix one last end.

In this being may our treatise find its end and fulfillment.

I would never say never. You never know what is going to happen.

My rookie year in New England was mind-blowing.