Hold on to your life and make it honest and brave.

Love was like a toothache.

The greatest happiness of life was to stand at the difficult border between success and failure.

When a woman dislikes the man who is courting her, she parries him cleverly, like a willow in the wind.

Danger was the grindstone on which the swordsman whetted his spirit. Enemies were teachers in disguise.

The summit is believed to be the object of the climb. But its true object--the joy of living--is not in the peak itself, but in the adversities encountered on the way up.

Not only must a warrior be strong with his bow, but he must have a heart full of pity for all living creatures.

It is easy to crush an enemy outside oneself but impossible to defeat an enemy within.

Enemies were teachers in disguise.

It's no good to want to win still more when you have already won.

Every act is an expression of one's self.

Because true belonging only happens when we present our authentic, imperfect selves to the world, our sense of belonging can never be greater than our level of self-acceptance.

The Bible is the best and most important tool in discerning direction from God.

Wolfhounds helped kill off the wolves in Ireland.

Theology made no provision for evolution. The biblical authors had missed the most important revelation of all! Could it be that they were not really privy to the thoughts of God?

I came home, the car was in the dining room. "How did you get the car in here?" "Easy, I took a left at the kitchen."

I lived in a world that at any moment could erupt into fire. It was the sort of knowledge that kept you on your toes.

I'd rather die than fade away

Nobody ever lends money to a man with a sense of humor.

Drop dreaming and you are there where you have really been always, but you were never aware. All meditation techniques are just antidream efforts, just dream-negating devices.

Somebody is looking at you - and someone needs to see you walk this journey of following God's calling.