It has been estimated that one third of our Western civilization bears the mark of its Jewish ancestry.

The most powerful moral influence is example.

If we take the world’s enduring religions at their best, we discover the distilled wisdom of the human race.

I am profoundly moved and persuaded by the near-death experience.

All -isms end up in schisms.

We all carry it within us: supreme strength, the fullness of wisdom, unquenchable joy. It is never thwarted, and cannot be destroyed.

God is defined by Jesus but not confined to Jesus.

The object of pilgrimage is not rest and recreation – to get away from it all. To set out on a pilgrimage is to throw down a challenge to everyday life.

At the center of the religious life is a peculiar kind of joy, the prospect of a happy ending that blossoms from necessarily painful ordeals, the promise of human difficulties embraced and overcome.

Beware of the differences that blind us to the unity that binds us.

Poetry is a special use of language that opens onto the real. The business of the poet is truth telling, which is why in the Celtic tradition no one could be a teacher unless he or she was a poet.

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She raised her head finally. He looked the same, but then, he always did. She'd seem him kill twice, and he betrayed no reaction at all. He was a monster, not even human. But he was her monster.

Tim Kaine has a message of fiscal responsibility and generosity of spirit. That kind of message can sell anywhere.

Is not beauty in music too often confused with something which lets the ears lie back in an easy chair?

By choosing not to allow parts of ourselves to exist, we are forced to expend huge amounts of psychic energy to keep them beneath the surface.

Apple is so focused on its vision that it does things in a very careful, deliberate way.

Pride is the chief cause in the decline in the number of husbands and wives.

All the money in the world doesn't mean a thing if you don't have time to enjoy it.

If I know your sect, I anticipate your argument

I'm not exactly an angry young person.