Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed.

To love means loving the unlovable. To forgive means pardoning the unpardonable. Faith means believing the unbelievable. Hope means hoping when everything seems hopeless.

Against a dark sky, all flowers look like fireworks.

There are no rules of architecture for a castle in the clouds.

God is like the sun; you cannot look at it, but without it you cannot look at anything else.

Tolerance is the virtue of people who do not believe in anything.

Christianity has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and not tried.

I don't need a church to tell me I'm wrong where I already know I'm wrong; I need a Church to tell me I'm wrong where I think I'm right

The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.

The more I considered Christianity, the more I found that while it had established a rule and order, the chief aim of that order was to give room for good things to run wild.

A really great person is the person who makes every person feel great.

You love God by showing love to His creations

You shattered the remainder of my heart, yet you expect me to be okay with it day after day.

The paradox of education is precisely this - that as one begins to become conscious one begins to examine the society in which he is being educated.

The individual person is more interesting than people in general; he and not they is the one whom God created in His image.

Most writers need to write. I write for money, really. If I won the lottery, I would never write another word. I would rather read.

Despite some standout events, 2012 was demoralizing. The Met felt adrift, and New York City Opera couldn't claw its way back to artistic health.

If I hadn't been a woman, I'd have been a drag queen

Done right, a strategic intent is really one decision that makes 1,000 decisions.

Congress is best viewed from a distance - the farther the better - because up close, it is truly ugly.

How do we submit? By not being radical enough. Or by not being thorough enough, which is the same thing.