"God gives His gifts where He finds the vessel empty enough to receive them."

"We never find out the strength of the evil impulse inside us until we try to fight it."

"Atheism turns out to be too simple. If the whole universe has no meaning, we should never have found out that it has no meaning."

"Don't judge a man by where he is, because you don't know how far he has come."

"God knows our situation; He will not judge us as if we had no difficulties to overcome. What matters is the sincerity and perseverance of our will to overcome them."

"You find out the strength of a wind by trying to walk against it, not by lying down."