Her impulse, her need, to be the corrector of injustices, warden of the downtrodden flock. And

Attention shifted to him like sunflowers turning to the sun.

hills that stand soft and a sky that stands high and blue, and the sun setting behind a windmill, and always, always, hazy strings of mountains that fall and fall away on the horizon.

One could not count the moons that shimmer on her roofs, Or the thousand splendid suns that hide behind her walls.

And that's the thing about people who mean everything they say. They think everyone else does too.

A man who has no conscience, no goodness, does not suffer.

Nothing good came free. Even love. You paid for all things. And if you were poor, suffering was your currency.

But time, it is like charm. You never have as much as you think.

The desert weed lives on, but the flower of spring blooms and wilts.

I wondered if that was how forgiveness budded; not with the fanfare of epiphany, but with pain gathering its things, packing up, and slipping away unannounced in the middle of the night.

Quiet is peace. Tranquility. Quiet is turning down the volume knob on life. Silence is pushing the off button. Shutting it down. All of it.

It's a strange thing, to be talked about instead of talked to.

It's fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.

Feed your faith and your doubts will starve to death.

Love the process and you’ll love what the process produces.

On the square...I'm not riffin' like Andy Griffith, Just fed up, goin' head up, with competition.

I don't believe in saturation. We're thinking and talking worldwide.

Learning what not to do is sometimes more important than learning what to do.

In a year of re-election he was desperate to impress.

Everywhere you see in creation there is Divine love. Love is the highest force, the greatest force, and the simplest

For some people, I will be Forrest Gump for the rest of my life. But that's OK; that's a good thing.