He may not have been born with guts, but he didn't have to die without them.

The name we give to something shapes our attitude toward it.

To fear is one thing. To let fear grab you by the tail and swing you around is another.

It is not enough to simply teach children to read; we have to give them something worth reading.

Peace is not won by those who fiercely guard their differences, but by those who with open minds and hearts seek out connections.

I love revision. Where else can spilled milk be turned into ice cream?

As much pleasure as young people get from Twittering and texting, there is no way these activities will nourish their minds and spirits the way literature can.

Reading can be a road to freedom or a key to a secret garden, which, if tended, will transform all of life.

As I look back on what I have written, I can see that the very persons who have taken away my time are those who have given me something to say.

Some folks are natural born kickers. They can always find a way to turn disaster into butter.

I love to read. But I loved to read a lot longer than I started to love writing.

I have never owned a computer. I am one of those weirdos. I've never needed a computer. I'm lucky that I have a job where I'm not required to use one.

Jesus is coming back - it could even be today.

So cry if you need to but I can't stay to watch you It's the wrong thing to do

Don't get even, get mad.

You don't have a god in you, you are one.

The monopoly of science in the realm of knowledge explains why evolutionary biologists do not find it meaningful to address the question whether the Darwinian theory is true.

The love that is never to be realized will often remain a man's guiding ideal.

The ornaments of our homes are the friends that visit it

Practice remembrance of the present moment, again and again.

We create our own unhappiness. The purpose of suffering is to help us understand we are the ones who cause it.