“Work is always a spiritual necessity even if, for some, work is not an economic necessity.”

“Even if work were not an economic necessity, it is a spiritual necessity.”

“Truly we work and live on a streetful of splendid people, whom we are to love and serve even if they are uninterested in us!”

“God's extraordinary work is most often done by ordinary people in the seeming obscurity of a home and family.”

“Within what is allotted to us, we can have spiritual contentment.”

“Though events set up the defining moments which can evoke profiles in righteousness, outward commotions cannot excuse any failure of inward resolve, even if some seem to unravel so easily.”

“Though we have rightly applauded our ancestors for their spiritual achievements (and do not and must not discount them now), those of us who prevail today will have done no small thing. The special spirits who have been reserved to live in this time of challenges and who overcome will one day be praised for their stamina by those who pulled handcarts.”