Could we not argue that America is about freedom, whether we live it out or not, but it really is about freedom, equality and the pursuit of happiness. And that's what church is all about.

Body cameras help to record what happens. It may not be the golden ticket, the golden egg, the end-all-fix-all, but it helps to paint a picture of what happens during a police stop.

This is Robin Hood in reverse. These tax cap proposals favor those with the most expensive properties. We are spreading the taxes to those with some of the least expensive property.

I'm glad they're taking a step back. A lot of this is happening so quickly that people can't keep up with it.

Irritability was an occupational disease. Intolerant and intolerable belong in the same category.

We need to find the courage to say no to the things and people that are not serving us if we want to rediscover ourselves and live our lives with authenticity.

Having a strong father, I wanted an older man.

Many soldiers are led to faulty ideas of war by knowing too much about too little.

The fact that I've managed to find a husband who understands and respects everything I do is astonishing.

We must have the faith that things will work out somehow, that God will make a way for us when there seems no way.

I'm slowly becoming a repository for decomposing sorrows, regrets, ignored injustice, and forgotten promises. I can still feel its stench. But when I get accustomed to it, I will call it experience.

When I was 6 my father went to fight in the war, so he was my big hero. I thought he was the greatest thing.

Disease is the tax which the soul pays for the body, as the tenant pays house-rent for the use of the house.

Once you’re comfortable by yourself you learn to be more at ease with others.