If we just give God the little that we have, we can trust Him to make it go around.

We may run, walk, stumble, drive, or fly, but let us never lose sight of the reason for the journey or miss a chance to see a rainbow on the way.

God walks with us. He scoops us up in His arms or simply sits with us in silent strength until we cannot avoid the awesome recognition that yes, even now, He is there.

Satan labels you. God names you.

God must have said, "I know what I'll do, I'll send my Love right down there where they are. And I'll send it as a tiny baby, so they'll have to touch it, and they'll have to hold it close."

How beautiful it is to learn that Grace isn't fragile, and that in the family of God we can fail and not be a failure.

There may be no trumpet sound or loud applause when we make a right decision, just a calm sense of resolution and peace.

Memories, important yesterdays, were once todays. Treasure and notice today.

Love is the seed of all hope. It is the enticement to trust, to risk, to try, to go on.

The things that matter the most in this world, they can never be held in our hand.

Memories are perhaps the best gifts of all.

Military people never seem to apologize for killing each other yet novelists feel ashamed for writing some nice inert paper book that is not certain to be read by anybody.

Too many people are too angry about language too much of the time. This time could be better spent listening, learning, and enjoying the vast variety of human language around them.

The difference between a beginning teacher and an experienced one is that the beginning teacher asks, "How am I doing?" and the experienced teacher asks, How are the children doing?

That's what culture is based on, the passing down of a certain narrative by imitation.

Working with Martin Scorsese was an absolute minute-by-minute education without him ever being grandiose about it.

When you place a high value on truth, you have to think for yourself.

I try to figure out - intellectually, philosophically, psychologically - what the experience of beauty is.

You can always win points. Winning people’s respect is a lot more important.

My first love, you're every breath that I take, you're every step I make

If you can't even acknowledge that you have to fix Social Security, that's not a very good starting point.