I was shocked that someone I didn’t even know would take the time to pray for me.

Jesus, Willard says, “does not call us to do what he did, but to be as he was, permeated with love. Then the doing of what he did and said becomes the natural expression of who we are in him.

What if the church should be less concerned with creating saints than creating a world where we do not need saints? A world where people like Mother Teresa and MLK would have nothing to do.

Mostly though, they waited. For the mail. For the news. For the bells. For breakfast and lunch and dinner. For one day to be over and the next day to begin.

I wonder whether there is such a thing as a sense of individuality. Is it all a facade, covering a deep need to belong? Are we simply pack animals desperately trying to pretend we are not?

I believe one has to escape oneself to discover oneself.

Each of us has a unique part to play in the healing of the world.

God teaches the soul by pains and obstacles, not by ideas.

Spiritual growth involves giving up the stories of your past so the universe can write a new one.

If the angels were capable of envy, they would envy us for two things: one is the receiving of Holy Communion, and the other is suffering.

But for I am a woman should I therefore live that I should not tell you the goodness of God?

Sometimes my fancy gets to floating inside me, threatening to carry me away like a leaf on a wind. Better to be a stone.

Other married people have lived together and hated each other. Why shouldn't we? We may forget even to hate.

Is that the longest fifth set ever? It was? So, no, I've never played one longer than that!

And may you happy live, And long us bless.

But calm, white calm, was born into a swan.

Basically, my socialization as a child didn't come from any schooling; it came from being in theater and meeting people online.

7 x 7 + love = An amount Infinitely above: 7 x 7 - love.

Let people live their lives, as long as they don't hurt anybody. As long as they don't destroy their own lives.

Consult your dragon before you wager his hide.

There are times when sorrow seems to me to be the only truth.