It is hard to give up what you know for what you don’t know.

People long to go backward in their imagination as well as forward. We don't wish simply to exist forever in some future; we wish to have existed in some distant past.

Even our recreation was scheduled. There was no time to look for birds or wander into the nearby woods. We were put into teams and sent into violent pursuit of a helpless ball.

I thought I understood what was best. I knew too little and believed too soon.

I felt as if I had no control over what I said, as if loathsome, ugly words were waiting inside me like snakes and toads looking for a chance to sneak out before I could stop them.

You're making yourself too important. Guilt comes from feeling we're at the center of the universe. We're not.

I couldn’t live with myself if I thought nothing could get better.

I find having your own car is like a passport to the world.

But what doesn’t die is the love we give to others. There is no end to that.

They were all brilliant. They wrote books and painted pictures, and if they ever stopped talking, which I was sure they would never do, they planned to change the world.

Price of peace could only be valued by people who had suffered loss in the war.

When you're hurting, you hurt yourself.

Change is difficult, but necessary for salvation. Turn from your sins and acknowledge Jesus as your Lord and Savior. Let Him take control of your life. He won’t let you down. He’s not you. He’s God.

You want to keep the severity of our environmental problems in mind enough to keep yourself motivated but not enough to paralyze you into depression.

People may find it more comfortable to listen to us if we equivocate, but in the long run only words that discomfort them are going to change our situation.

Praise is so powerful that it opens the eyes of people who don't want to see.

I have no small talk and Peel has no manners.

Easy comfort isn't comforting

You would be amazed how much action anyone is capable of.

Being generous of spirit is a wonderful way to live.