Patience permits us to cling to our faith in the Lord when we are tossed about by suffering as if read more

Patience permits us to cling to our faith in the Lord when we are tossed about by suffering as if by surf. When the undertow grasps us we will realize that we are somehow being carried forward even as we tumble. We are actually being -helped even as we cry for help.

A lot of people seem to want to make the institution of marriage substitute for a real relationship.

A lot of people seem to want to make the institution of marriage substitute for a real relationship.

Thou must be emptied of that wherewith thou art full, that thou mayest be filled with that whereof thou art read more

Thou must be emptied of that wherewith thou art full, that thou mayest be filled with that whereof thou art empty.

Girls usually have a paper mâché face on their wedding day.

Girls usually have a paper mâché face on their wedding day.

Listen. Don't explain or justify.

Listen. Don't explain or justify.

A judgment about life has no meaning except the truth of the one who speaks last, and the mind is read more

A judgment about life has no meaning except the truth of the one who speaks last, and the mind is at ease only at the moment when everyone is shouting at once and no one can hear a thing.

Nature gave us one tongue and two ears so we could hear twice as much as we speak.

Nature gave us one tongue and two ears so we could hear twice as much as we speak.

Women's propensity to share confidences is universal. We confirm our reality by sharing.

Women's propensity to share confidences is universal. We confirm our reality by sharing.

My riches consist not in the extent of my possessions but in the fewness of my wants.

My riches consist not in the extent of my possessions but in the fewness of my wants.