“We imagine that a little anxiety and worry is an indication of how wise we really are; it may be an indication of how wicked we really are.”

“I’ve come to know that what we want in life is thegreatest indication of who we really are.”

“In many cases, our need to wonder about or be told what God wants in a certain situation is nothing short of a clear indication of how little we are engaged in His work.”

“How little we really know about the life all around us. Would we be so cavalier and ruthless with it if we understood it better?”

“How many of us have conflicts with someone else- and how many of us pray for that person? We have individuals with whom we are competitive, or whom we dislike or have a quarrel with; but very few of us have true enemies in the martial sense. And yet if Lincoln could pray fervently- and contemporary reports indicate he did- for the people who were opposing him, how much more can we do for someone we just find a little irritating?”

“And of how we never really know someone, no matter how much we want to believe that we do.”