If you want a sense of purpose for experiencing pressures, use your knowledge of Jesus Christ's comforting, enlivening, energizing presence to be a comfort to others.

Only a few have learned to savor the significance of solitude. Those who can glory in being alone on occasion are the saint or poet or explorer.

The news that gives you a future with hope, in spite of your despair over the past, is realizing that Jesus has prayed for you and is praying for you now.

I was supposed to be waiting up here when you got back, only your Phoenix lot got in the way...”“Yes, they do that, ” said Dumbledore.

It was the end for something. It was the beginning for another. But in reality it just fell in the middle. In that confusing moment of time between my birth and my death.

Maintaining equanimity in misery is called penance (tapa).

When we ask people to live their lives through our models, we are potentially reducing life itself. How can we ever know what we might be losing?

Just as a random thing, because I can't choose a favorite song ever, I'll go for Minnie Riperton's "Expecting".

The Drug War is an addiction, really.

I have seldom, if ever, seen money and gentleness go hand in hand.

Having daughters tends to help a guy get in touch with his inner social conservative.

Hey ma, your bad boy did good!