Patience is the absence of expectation.
What good is it that Christ was born [2,000] years ago if he is not born now in your heart?
If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough.
The most important hour is always the present. The most significant person is precisely the one sitting across from you right now. The most necessary work is always love.
What we plant in the soil of contemplation, we shall reap in the harvest of action.
What good is it to me that Mary gave birth to the son of God fourteen hundred years ago, and I do not also give birth to the Son of God in my time and in my culture? We are all meant to be mothers of God. God is always needing to be born.
And suddenly you know: It's time to start something new and trust the magic of beginnings.
Motherhood changes everything.
The friend anguish reveals is the slowest forgot.
You'll always get the good news; it's how fast you get the bad news that counts.
Discipline is simply the art of making the soldiers fear their officers more than the enemy.