“The great task of life is to learn the will of the Lord and then do it.”
“You speak of Lord Byron and me; there is this great difference between us. He describes what he sees I describe what I imagine. Mine is the hardest task.”
“If there is one thing I have learned, from loving Jessamine and even from the evil tasks you have made me do, it is that all forms of life are worthy of compassion.”
“The task is to learn how to enjoy everyday life without diminishing other people's chances to enjoy theirs.”
“We learn to dwell with God by learning the practices of hospitality, listening, forgiveness, and reconciliation—the daily tasks of life with other people. Stability in Christ is always stability in community”
“I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble.”