Borrowed Beliefs

Borrowed beliefs have no power.

Better a Saint than a Scholar

It is better to be a saint than a scholar; indeed, the only way to be a true scholar is to be striving to be a true saint.

Destructive TV

Of all the inventions of our time, TV is likely to prove the most destructive. [It] grinds us down to spiritual dust so fine that a puff of wind scatters ...

The Ideal of Perfection

It is no disgrace to Christianity, it is no disgrace to any great religion, that its counsels of perfection have not made every single person perfect. ...

With Progress Comes Danger

The further the soul advances, the greater are the adversaries against which it must contend.

God's Harvest

There is an old legend that comes from a small town in Germany that for a number of years experienced very poor harvests. Finally those townspeople went ...

The Purpose of Discipline

Discipline ... is to strengthen and restore, not condemn or destroy.

A Scare Works Better than Advice

P.S. Regarding your D in biology, let me only say that sometimes a scare is worth more than good advice.

I love you,

Mom

Learn from Your Failure

Whenever you fall, pick up something.

Songs from Stress

There is a subject for song even in the judgments of God towards us. ... Faith sees that in her worst sorrow there is nothing penal; there is not a drop ...