A spoon does not know the taste of soup, nor a learned fool the taste of wisdom.

We can only keep what we have by being willing to freely give it away; a paraphrase of Jesus Christ.

Best smiles come after the toughest time.

Religion is like a blind man looking in a black room for a black cat that isn't there, and finding it.

Out of your vulnerabilities will come your strength.

If God is for us, who can be against us?

If I could speak all the languages of earth and of angels, but didn't love others, I would only be a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.

Why not learn to enjoy the little things-there are so many of them.

Remember the past, plan for the future, but live for today, because yesterday is gone and tomorrow may never come.

War does not determine who is right - only who is left.

God helps those who help themselves.

... life is a series of tiny, unavoidable decisions.

Often I'll go outside and just place my hands on the soil, even if there's no work to do on it. When I am filled with worries, I do that and I can feel the energy of the mountains and of the trees.

Integrity indicates wholeness or oneness. If we have integrity, we are sincere, truthful, fair, and honest.

I happen to support that in a way that will actually work to our benefit.

As I made my way home, I thought Jem and I would get grown but there wasn't much else for us to learn, except possibly algebra.

The European Union has decades of experience in overcoming crises and has always emerged stronger after.

Raising taxes in an economic downturn is not a good idea.

Faced with the election of a Catholic, our culture is at stake.

O'er Egypt's land of memory floods are level, And they are thine, O Nile! and well thou knowest The soul-sustaining airs and blasts of evil, And fruits, and poisons spring where'er thou flowest.

If you love our country and love your children as much as I know that you do, stand and speak and vote your conscience. Vote for candidates up and down the ticket.