Faith is a living, daring confidence in God's grace. It is so sure and certain that a man could stake his life on it a thousand times.

-- Martin Luther

"If you want to find rest here below, and hereafter, in all circumstances say, Who am I? and do not judge anyone."

- Joseph of Panephysis

"The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light; but if your eye is unhealthy, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!"

- Matthew 6:22-23, NRSV

The human race is divided into two classes--those who go ahead and do something, and those who sit still and inquire, "Why wasn't it done the other way?"

-- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

Wherever there is any element of pride or of conceit, Jesus cannot expound a thing. He will take us through the disappointment of a wounded pride of intellect, through disappointment of heart. He will reveal inordinate affections-things over which we never thought He would have to get us alone.

-- Oswald Chambers

"Be kind and merciful. Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier."

- Mother Teresa

"Humility leads me to do anything I can do in any situation without having to do everything in every situation."

- Joan Chittister

The Christian's hope for the future must have a sanctifying influence upon the present.

-- D. Edmond Hiebert

"Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented."

- Elie Wiesel

There is a time to let things happen and a time to make things happen.

-- Hugh Prather

To be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.

- Nelson Mandela