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I am the prodigal son every time I search for unconditional love where it cannot be found.


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Pay attention to the people God puts in your path if you want to discern what God is up to in your life.

Pay attention to the people God puts in your path if you want to discern what God is up to in your life.



What makes us human is not our mind but our heart, not our ability to think but our ability to love.

What makes us human is not our mind but our heart, not our ability to think but our ability to love.



For Jesus, there are no countries to be conquered, no ideologies to be imposed, no people to be dominated. There are only children, women and men to be loved.

For Jesus, there are no countries to be conquered, no ideologies to be imposed, no people to be dominated. There are only children, women and men to be loved.



You don't think your way into a new kind of living. You live your way into a new kind of thinking.

You don't think your way into a new kind of living. You live your way into a new kind of thinking.



Dare to love and to be a real friend. The love you give and receive is a reality that will lead you closer and closer to God as well as those whom God has given you to love.

Dare to love and to be a real friend. The love you give and receive is a reality that will lead you closer and closer to God as well as those whom God has given you to love.



My whole life I have been complaining that my work was constantly interrupted, until I discovered that my interruptions were my work.

My whole life I have been complaining that my work was constantly interrupted, until I discovered that my interruptions were my work.



In a world so torn apart by rivalry, anger, and hatred, we have the privileged vocation to be living signs of a love that can bridge all divisions and heal all wounds.

In a world so torn apart by rivalry, anger, and hatred, we have the privileged vocation to be living signs of a love that can bridge all divisions and heal all wounds.



The main question is not, how can we hide our wounds...but how can we put our woundedness in service to others.

The main question is not, how can we hide our wounds...but how can we put our woundedness in service to others.



O Lord, make this Lenten season different from the other ones. Let me find you again. Amen.

O Lord, make this Lenten season different from the other ones. Let me find you again. Amen.



Those who keep speaking about the sun while walking under a cloudy sky are messengers of hope, the true saints of our day.

Those who keep speaking about the sun while walking under a cloudy sky are messengers of hope, the true saints of our day.





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A lie can be halfway round the world before the truth has got its boots on.

A lie can be halfway round the world before the truth has got its boots on.



Only after all the noise has spent itself do we begin to hear in the silence of our heart, the still, small, mighty voice of God.

Only after all the noise has spent itself do we begin to hear in the silence of our heart, the still, small, mighty voice of God.



It's an old Aboriginal word meaning 'Let's get together and have fun'. They gave us the word because they had no further need for it.

It's an old Aboriginal word meaning 'Let's get together and have fun'. They gave us the word because they had no further need for it.



And I hope that we can learn the lessons of the past in looking at the current challenge that China poses to a ruling America.

And I hope that we can learn the lessons of the past in looking at the current challenge that China poses to a ruling America.



If we had the right words, if we had the language, we would need no weapons.

If we had the right words, if we had the language, we would need no weapons.



Mostly, I try to take a rational approach to life.

Mostly, I try to take a rational approach to life.



I know you're a fool, Jim Hardy, but for heaven's sake pretend you're not for five minutes.

I know you're a fool, Jim Hardy, but for heaven's sake pretend you're not for five minutes.



Alcohol decimated the working class and so many people.

Alcohol decimated the working class and so many people.



I was doing political cartoons and getting angry to the point where I felt I was going to have to start making and throwing bombs. I thought I was probably a better cartoonist than a bomb maker.

I was doing political cartoons and getting angry to the point where I felt I was going to have to start making and throwing bombs. I thought I was probably a better cartoonist than a bomb maker.




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