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Peace is first of all the art of being.


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Pay attention to the people God puts in your path if you want to discern what God is up to in your life.

Pay attention to the people God puts in your path if you want to discern what God is up to in your life.



What makes us human is not our mind but our heart, not our ability to think but our ability to love.

What makes us human is not our mind but our heart, not our ability to think but our ability to love.



For Jesus, there are no countries to be conquered, no ideologies to be imposed, no people to be dominated. There are only children, women and men to be loved.

For Jesus, there are no countries to be conquered, no ideologies to be imposed, no people to be dominated. There are only children, women and men to be loved.



You don't think your way into a new kind of living. You live your way into a new kind of thinking.

You don't think your way into a new kind of living. You live your way into a new kind of thinking.



Dare to love and to be a real friend. The love you give and receive is a reality that will lead you closer and closer to God as well as those whom God has given you to love.

Dare to love and to be a real friend. The love you give and receive is a reality that will lead you closer and closer to God as well as those whom God has given you to love.



My whole life I have been complaining that my work was constantly interrupted, until I discovered that my interruptions were my work.

My whole life I have been complaining that my work was constantly interrupted, until I discovered that my interruptions were my work.



In a world so torn apart by rivalry, anger, and hatred, we have the privileged vocation to be living signs of a love that can bridge all divisions and heal all wounds.

In a world so torn apart by rivalry, anger, and hatred, we have the privileged vocation to be living signs of a love that can bridge all divisions and heal all wounds.



The main question is not, how can we hide our wounds...but how can we put our woundedness in service to others.

The main question is not, how can we hide our wounds...but how can we put our woundedness in service to others.



O Lord, make this Lenten season different from the other ones. Let me find you again. Amen.

O Lord, make this Lenten season different from the other ones. Let me find you again. Amen.



Those who keep speaking about the sun while walking under a cloudy sky are messengers of hope, the true saints of our day.

Those who keep speaking about the sun while walking under a cloudy sky are messengers of hope, the true saints of our day.





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The confidence which we have in ourselves gives birth to much of that which we have in others.

The confidence which we have in ourselves gives birth to much of that which we have in others.



I learned this early on in the variety business: You've got to give folks responsibility, you've got to trust them, and then you've got to check on them.

I learned this early on in the variety business: You've got to give folks responsibility, you've got to trust them, and then you've got to check on them.



Only after all the noise has spent itself do we begin to hear in the silence of our heart, the still, small, mighty voice of God.

Only after all the noise has spent itself do we begin to hear in the silence of our heart, the still, small, mighty voice of God.



I'm not a racist or misogynist person, but I find these jokes funny, so I say them.

I'm not a racist or misogynist person, but I find these jokes funny, so I say them.



Life at a public company ain't for me. The board pays you what you're worth, then you get reamed for your compensation.

Life at a public company ain't for me. The board pays you what you're worth, then you get reamed for your compensation.




If you are trying to find something, it means you haven't got it. And if you find it simply by looking for it, that means it's false.

If you are trying to find something, it means you haven't got it. And if you find it simply by looking for it, that means it's false.



As confusing, unpredictable and stressful as life may be, always remember, it is never incorrect to be kind. When lost, just do nice things.

As confusing, unpredictable and stressful as life may be, always remember, it is never incorrect to be kind. When lost, just do nice things.



Why did I laugh at his sorry, bedraggled appearance? Because ridiculousness made a repellant situation more bearable.

Why did I laugh at his sorry, bedraggled appearance? Because ridiculousness made a repellant situation more bearable.




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