When Dad made a decision, whether it was about family or his own career, the majority of the time, it was for the long term, not the short term.

Spreading manure is a great way of bringing yourself down to earth.

It's bad enough on a first date trying not to say something dumb without having three Secret Service guys with you.

Dad knew how to disagree without being disagreeable or rude.

Hope is trust in God's promises, faith that if we act now, the desired blessings will be fulfilled in the future.

St. Thomas is right. The essential prayer is the prayer of petition.

That every man after the life in the world lives to eternity, is evident from this, that man is then spiritual, and no longer natural, and that the spiritual man, separated from the natural, remains such as he is to eternity, for man's state cannot be changed after death.

The great unity which true science seeks is found only by beginning with our knowledge of God, and coming down from Him along the stream of causation to every fact and event that affects us.