“All human nature vigorously resists grace because grace changes us and the change is painful.”
"Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced."
"And the day came when the risk to remain tight, in a bud, became more painful than the risk it took to blossom."
"People say, what is the sense of our small effort? They cannot see that we must lay one brick at a time, take one step at a time. A pebble cast into a pond causes ripples that spread in all directions. Each one of our thoughts, words and deeds is like that. No one has a right to sit down and feel hopeless. There is too much work to do."