Every single moment of a person's life, both of the understanding and of the will, is a new beginning.

Peace has in it trust in the Lord, that He governs all things, provides all things, and leads to a good end.

Heaven is not located on high, but where the good of love is, and this resides within a person, wherever he or she might be.

Worship does not consist in prayers and in external devotion, but in a life of kindness.

True charity is the desire to be useful to others with no thought of recompense.

Destruction was effected after visitation, for visitation always precedes.

The act of exploring what the men are, and moreover the separation of the good from the evil, is visitation; and the good are then removed, and the evil are left behind.

For those who trust in the Divine all things are moving towards an everlasting state of happiness, and no matter what happens at any time to them, it contributes to that state.

Our love is our life itself. What our love is like determines how we live and therefore everything about what we are as human beings.

Conscience is God's presence in humans.

The essence of love is that what is ours should belong to someone else. Feeling the joy of someone else as joy within ourselves-that is loving.

But now, here she was, very wishful to pray, while not knowing how to explain her dilemma: ‘I’m terribly unhappy, dear, unprobable God—’ would not be a very propitious beginning.

Real life often ends badly, like our marriage did, Pat. And literature tries to document this reality, while showing us it is still possible for people to endure nobly.

It is true that I am a person with black pockets of evil and hatred in my heart. There are underground places inside of me

It was possible to love life, without loving your life.

I never have taken a picture I've intended. They're always better or worse.

A society that condemns homosexuality harms itself. (254)

The watchful mother tarries nigh Though sleep have closed her infant's eye, For should he wake, and find her gone.

I'm less of a straight-up, traditional vocalist.

Don't let your opinion sway your judgment.

A lot of fights in my life have been avoided through confidence and demeanor, so that's pretty masculine also.