I led a sheltered life. I didn't know how to book a flight.

Forgiveness is not about forgetting. It is about letting go of another person's throat.

A man doesn't need to be flawless to be a perfect father, but the commitment to his family is a precious responsibility.

Don't ever discount the wonder of your tears. They can be healing waters and a stream of joy. Sometimes they are the best words the heart can speak.

Trust is the fruit of a relationship in which you know you are loved.

Grace doesn't depend on suffering to exist, but where there is suffering you will find grace in many facets and colors.

I suppose that since most of our hurts come through relationships, so will our healing.

Life takes a bit of time and a lot of relationship.

those who are afraid of freedom are those who cannot trust us to live in them. Trying to keep the law is actually a declaration of independence, a way of keeping control

Forgiveness in no way requires that you trust the one you forgive.

So many believe that it is love that grows, but it is the knowing that grows and love simply expands to contain it.

The beauty of Catholicism is every human being's right.

I can't protect you without holding a sword. I can't embrace you while holding a sword.

As long as we set up equality, we'll go in the right direction.

A book is never a masterpiece: it becomes one. Genius is the talent of a dead man.

Morality may exist in an atheist without any religion, and in a theist with a religion quite unspiritual.

When it comes to your dreams, every risk is worth it.

If you are attached to the things of this earth, you should give alms sufficient to enable you to punish your avarice by depriving yourself of all that is not absolutely necessary for life.

Sometimes I feel like I just open myself up like I'm a vehicle for something coming through me. It's like a meditative state I have to be in.

After Luis Suarez of Uruguay bit an Italian opponent in the shoulder, two things happened. Suarez was thrown out of the rest of the tournament, and the player he bit turned Uruguayan.

Life without knowledge is death in disguise.