The truly Christian imagination never lets Jesus Christ out of her sight.

Restriction often enhances clarity.

The mind will always take on an order conforming to that upon which it concentrates.

Men do not long continue to think what they have forgotten how to say.

My brain I’ll prove the female to my soul; my soul the father: and these two beget a generation of still-breeding thoughts, and these same thoughts people this little world.

There is a flow to history and culture. This flow is rooted and has its wellspring in the thoughts of people. People are unique in the inner life of the mind — what they are...

Our actions, habits, character, and future are most definitely affected by our thoughts.

He gathered enthusiasm when he thought of the goal, and not the means by which he had accomplished it.

Naturally all of us don’t think we deserve very much. We don’t believe that things will go well for us in the future, generally because they may not have in the past. Our natural bent...

You need to manage your expectations. You’ll live longer.

Prayer is listening.

Meditation sends us into our ordinary world with greater perspective and balance.