Anger is the right response to something that is so wrong. But don't let the anger and pain and loss you feel prevent you from forgiving him and removing your hands from around his neck.

The soul is healed by being with children. --Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Emotions are the colors of the soul.

Jesus is not the 'founder of Christianity.

The God of Evangelical Christianity is a Monster.

The ability to choose is at the essential core of our grandeur. Even evil exists because God respects our ability to choose.

You are free to love without an agenda

You have to take the time to prepare the soil if you want to embrace the seed.

Submission is not about authority and it is not obedience; it is all about relationships of love and respect.

I think that most creative fiction involves the transformational process, whether it is Dickens or Dostoyevsky and the writer in some sense is expressing their own journey through such a wilderness.

The intricacy and the inherent beautiful fragility of the human soul is such that it is uniquely damaged and only God knows how to heal it, and it's going to take time.

No matter what you have, no matter your experience level, sometimes you just need a hand.

Signposts are our intuition asking inner wisdom to be set free.

Valor is a gift. Those having it never know for sure if they have it till the test comes. And those having it in one test never know for sure if they will have it when the next test comes.

If we do away with semi-colons, parentheses and much else, we will lose all music, nuance and subtlety in communication - and end up shouting at one another in block capitals.

It is amazing the information we give away. We make it easier and easier for criminals.

I was very nervous, excited, and happy to be given the opportunity to even be in the major leagues.

Of course a magazine is usually more interesting than a conversation, because so much more time and preparation has gone into it.

I'm offering a special prize for the first Buick on the moon.

When it is time to get to work, I go away completely and don't do anything except the work. And that can be 16 hours a day.

Those who boast are not respected.