I wanted a heaven. And I grew up striving for that world-- an eternal world- that would wash away my temporary misery.

Shame is always easier to handle if you have someone to share it with.

How satisfying it is to leave a mark on a blank surface. To make a map of my movement - no matter how temporary.

Pressed against her I can hear eternity -- hollow, lonely spaces and currents that churn ceaselessly, and the fallen snow welcomes the falling snow with a whispered "Hush".

Something about being rejected at Church Camp felt so much more awful than being rejected at school.

Except heaven is a hope, and eden is a memory .

We experience a discomfort that may be foreign to others, but that pain opens up a world of beauty. Wouldn't you think?

You are right... I am lonely. But unlike the rest of this world I am not lonely for anybody.

Curiosity is a delicate little plant that, aside from stimulation, stands mainly in need of freedom.

We might think that God wanted simply obedience to a set of rules: whereas He really wants people of a particular sort.

I think one of the reasons I'm standing here instead of other people is that, frankly, I talked about it, we have to have a strong military.

Infinite Mind will put ideas into your mind, words into your mouth, creativity into your hands, boundless opportunity before you, and guiding light on your way.

Grace is something you can never get but only be given.

If an 'animal abuser' were killed in a research lab firebombing, I would unequivocally support that, too.

However one might pray - in any verbal way or completely without words - is unimportant to God. What matters is the heart's intent.

Neither human applause nor human censure is to be taken as the best of truth; but either should set us upon testing ourselves.

I can plod. I can persevere in any definite pursuit. To this I owe everything.