"Every Christian would agree that a man's spiritual health is exactly proportional to his love for God."

"Gratitude looks to the Past and love to the Present; fear, avarice, lust, and ambition look ahead."

"A sign of a culture that has lost its faith - Moral collapse follows upon spiritual collapse."

"Crying is all right in its way while it lasts. But you have to stop sooner or later, and then you still have to decide what to do."

"For pride is spiritual cancer: it eats up the very possibility of love, or contentment, or even common sense."

"If you love deeply, you're going to get hurt badly. But it's still worth it."