My lovely shining fragile broken house is filled with flowers and founded on a rock.

We have to be braver than we think we can be, because God is constantly calling us to be more than we are.

The great thing about getting older is that you don't lose all the other ages you've been.

Agape love is...profound concern for the well-being of another, without any desire to control that other, to be thanked by that other, or to enjoy the process.

When we believe in the impossible, it becomes possible, and we can do all kinds of extraordinary things.

A book, too, can be a star, a living fire to lighten the darkness, leading out into the expanding universe.

Like it or not, we either add to the darkness of indifference and out-and-out evil which surrounds us or we light a candle to see by.

Creativity comes from accepting that you're not safe, from being absolutely aware, and from letting go of control. It's a matter of seeing everything - even when you want to shut your eyes.

It was a dark and stormy night.

Because we fail to listen to each other's stories, we are becoming a fragmented human race.

If we are not willing to fail we will never accomplish anything. All creative acts involve the risk of failure.

If in other sciences we should arrive at certainty without doubt and truth without error, it behooves us to place the foundations of knowledge in mathematics.

Society can only pursue its normal course by means of a certain progression of changes.

The whole meaning of prayer is that we may know God.

Remember that at any given moment there are a thousand things you can love.

Commit to a career built on sacrifice, not compromise.

One must not cheat anyone, not even the world of its victory.

Love is the one thing stronger than desire and the only proper reason to resist temptation.

If today were your last, would you do what you're doing? Or would you love more, give more, forgive more?

Apparently, word of the chicken man incident hadn’t spread quite yet.

I want to do a little bit of everything. I want to play a good, strong female character.