Giving is Living

We must not only give what we have, we must give what we are.

All knowledge is sterile which does not lead to action and end in charity.

Suffering accepted and vanquished. . . . will give you a serenity which may well prove the most exquisite fruit of your life.

The abbot cleared his throat. "You are all very stupid people, " he told them graciously, "and you do not know anything at all.

No matter your circumstance, there is hope, strength, and courage to be found.

Mercy and cowardice are the same, " she snapped out. "But you want their land, not their lives, no? Dead men can't obey.

It is an illusion that money brings happiness

All difficult things have their origin in that which is easy, and great things in that which is small.

No specific technology. My guess is that it was the instinct always to go to maximum scale. Great Britain kept much more of a small shop mindset well into the twentieth century, for instance.

Every day people say you got to move on with your life. You have to move on. And you just can't.

Fear has a far greater grasp on human action than the impressive weight of historical evidence.

I think the greatest thing in the world is to believe in people.

We trample the blood of the Son of God underfoot if we think we are forgiven because we are sorry for our sins.