And yet I have known the sea too long to believe in its respect for decency. An elemental force is ruthlessly frank

Words have always swirled around me like snowflakes-each one delicate and different, each one melting untouched in my hands.

Great answers are found in tough questions. Never give up because of how hard the seed it

Big shots are only little shots who keep shooting.

Holiness is not first a matter of doing anything. It is first and foremost a matter of letting it be done. Holiness is to conceive the love of God within and to bring it forth to the world.

I take it very seriously when I take the pulpit. That I'm representing God.

My younger sister retired a few years ago after a 30-year career teaching history and social studies at an inner-city high school.

They gave our Master a crown of thorns, why do we hope for a crown of roses?

But we have created a society that does not allow opportunities for those people to take care of themselves because we have denied them those opportunities.

The best business plans are straightforward documents that spell out the who, what, where, why, and how much.

Take a relief. You draw it, you carve it out. Later you build it up from a flat surface. There is no other way to do a sculpture - you either add or you subtract.