How else but through a broken heart may Lord Christ enter in?

When Bad Things Happen to Good People and his lectures.

It made me think about the hard lives so many people have had, the sacrifices they've endured, and how those people will see heaven differently from those of us who have had easier lives.

The most base of men can be civilized through suffering.

By the grace of God and by keeping busy making life better for others. That is how women always get through the hard parts of life.

God tempers the wind, said Maria, to the shorn lamb.

As good as gold [Tiny Tim].

Never deprive someone of hope it may be all they have

Sometimes, given their depth, we become little more than the sum of our wounds, and it takes someone else to see what we can be instead of what we are.

But suffering can either destroy you or it can save you. Because without suffering, we don't need more; we have enough. But when we suffer, we can't help but reach out. It forces us into God's arms, and that's where we find not only what we need, but more than we can imagine. We find Him.

If you are a stone, be adamant; if you are a plant, be the sensitive plant; if you are a man, be love.

It is the weak who are cruel. Gentleness can only be expected from the strong.